My fav would be new flats. I have played bass for many years and my preference is new flats, usually fender or carvin. I can't always play with my choice, because sometimes the music requires a sound or tone that is hard to achieve with flats. So I gues I can say flat out that even though I try hard not to play flat I do like playing flats, especially the B variety but I can tolerate the E and A variety if I'm feeling real sharp at the moment. I'd better quit before I flat run out of things to say.

Rob