Question 1

What is the playing surface material? Nylon or __?  Is "Monel" just a name, or a material?

Accepted Answer

Monel 400 is a copper nickel alloy that is reported to be corrosion resistant.

Question 2

Do these strings work on a hofner bass?

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for fitment refer to rotosounds link : http://www.rotosound.com/bass-string-scale-length-guide/   : 
pasted here for ease of use : Short Scale 30", Medium Scale 30.5 – 32". 
The link also includes a 'ballend to silk' measurement so you can double check your instrument's bridge/ball to nut measurement.
Lister, you might want to include this in the listing, it would be very helpful.

Question 3

These strings are about 1-2 inches shorter at the nut than my fender short scale bass strings (5250xl).  can i replace them with medium scale strings?

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To be honest, I'm not sure.  What is the scale length of your bass?  I find that short scale basses with longer strings suffer from intonation problems and a low E string that is REALLY tubby sounding.  I ran into that problem with my EB-0.  You could try them and return them if they don't work.

Question 4

Will a set of rotosound 77 rs77s properly fit the banez mikro gsrm20 bass guitar

Accepted Answer

The Mikro bass is "shorter" than standard short scale basses.  Most short scale basses are 30 inches or 30.5 inches.  The Mikro is like 28+ or 29 inches.  It MAY fit it depending on how much cloth winding they put on the peg ends of the string.  I would venture a guess that it would be satisfactory.  But it is a close call.

Rotosound RS77EL Monel Flatwound Extra Long Bass Guitar Strings (45 65 85 105)

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