I know the Velvet Animas have been around for several years and have been reformulated some. I bought a set over at TB and played a gig with them last night. Mine seem almost perfectly flatwound on E-D with the rougher G.
I have played on others with halfwound (ground) lower strings that felt weird.
This bass has worn Mittels, Hybrids, Corellis, Superflexibles and Obligatos. It works best with lower tension strings and these Animas are the best of all. The bass is very easy to get a good tone out of, both pizz and arco.
I know these things were the rage before Evahs and Obligatos. Maybe the were the flavor of the month 3-4 months ago
, but some people have stuck with them. Maybe they are a love/hate string.
Anyway, experiences?