I installed them yesterday & like them so far. I’ve used D’Addario short scale strings for years but never flat wounds. Sweetwater sells 3 gauges of Gibson Brite Wire flat wound strings that I considered, but I went with the chromes. Oddly, the strings on the ES Les Paul Bass look almost identical to the Chromes. Same blue thread windings on the ends, strings look the same, just doesn’t have the color coded end thingies like the Chromes. My tone control still doesn’t have the range that my other basses have. I’ve tried two different value pots & four different capacitors. Also wired it two ways, not a huge difference. It sounds good & the amp has so many tone options that I left it as is. 2.5K pot & 3.3uf cap. I’m looking forward to giving it a good workout this afternoon.