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Because I don't really like the sound and projection of acoustics with light strings, I tend to just not play it anymore unless I've got an acoustic gig. Need to find an acoustic that I can stand the sound of with 11s but haven't managed to so far.
I'm 10-46 generally but have considered 9's on my Strats.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
As it happens, since playing an acoustic quite a bit, with 12-53 - I've moved to 10.5-52 on a couple of my guitars and prefer them
As I re-string and set-up so many different guitars in the shop, as an overview I go with 10-46 as that is almost a standard/popular gauge - But sometimes, after setting up the guitar and playing it, then I might find it is a touch disappointing for some reason - So might change, to 10.5-52 or even 11-49 - Did this recently on a Ricky 330 and a Vintage Gibson ES330 - IMO both felt/played so much better instantly with a touch more meat on the strings - Scale length, fret size and your playing style comes into play, so no one size fits all option
Les Pauls, teles and strats with 21 frets - 10-46s.
Guitar construction is secondary to me because my priorities are my fingers and wrist.
10-46s on my Les Paul's and 335
10.5-50s on my teles and Strats.
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Slightly off-topic, but related... My first "proper" instrument was clarinet. Beginners start off with a soft reed because it's easier to get a sound with undeveloped embouchure muscles, then move on to harder reeds as you progress. This gives the impression that harder reeds are better, in an almost bizarrely macho way. It wasn't until later that I realised a lot of famous players (certainly in non-classical styles) used quite soft reeds - it's a bit harder to control intonation and squeaks but can give a fantastic tone. There are other variables apart from the reed strength (shape/width of the mouthpiece opening etc) but it's a very similar subject to the "heavier strings are best for tone" thing with guitars.
For my drop tuned guitars in drop c and lower its 12-56's. Nice amount of tension without being too floppy. Don't really do many string bends so don't need any thin strings anywhere.
Finally for acoustics its the 12-54's which has the nice rich warmness for strumming chords, again I hardly bend strings on it.
doing. If my fingers have some time off, I’ll go for 9’s. I think 9’s sound better than 10’s on electric.
10’a just allow me to whack everything a little harder.