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https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/string-sets-c865/bass-guitar-c34/thomastik-infeld-jazz-flatwound-jf344-bass-strings-43-100-nickel-p842
.045 - .110 is typical from the Ernie Ball, D'Addario, Fender and Rotosounds of this world.
A '68 style Tele Bass should sound okay. The '72 style with the Wide Range Mudbucker may prove too thuddy.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flatwound-guitar-strings-stainless-Olympia/dp/B005CD2F62/
My personal faves are LaBella Flats, 39-96. I get them from Bass Direct. They have a nice slinky smooth feel to them and last forever.
ears.
La Bella DTF are very old school thumpy. EB Cobalts are as bright as rounds.
Everything else is in the middle somewhere.
Get him onto Basschat classifieds - people sell old flats on there all the time. Get a few sets to see what he likes.
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
Flats in general are more expensive than rounds, but they also last a lot longer, so it balances itself out!
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isHdUdreR_4
I use them on a Precision and EB type.
Only Steel strings for me now.
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
From experience, a cheap set might put him off for good. I bought Picatos at first, “to try flats”. I very nearly didn’t carry on with flats. Compared with TI’s they were high tension and had no ummph.