Quote Originally Posted by JimC View Post
Well, short of refretting... Flat wound and even more so tapewound strings will wear the frets a lot less, but you do have to like the resulting sound.
And the price! Even with round wounds and 2 less strings than the guitar princesses we still get stung on string price. Both tape and flat wounds are even pricier than round wounds, but the sound is definitely a different experience.