What part of string gauge affects tone? Girth or tension?
Leaving the string material and construction out of it.
There are low tension strings, so I can get 13s that have the tension of 11s or 12s from a different manufacturer.
I personally (as a learning guitarist) am developing a preference for thicker strings, but struggle with high tension. Right now I have a low tension set of Curt Mangan round core Monel 13s on (overall tension roughly 166lbs, low for 13s) and tune them down a step (which may be too much, likely to change to a half step sometime). I like the feel and can handle the tension.
I could get low tension with 11s easily enough, but I dislike playing them, for some unclear and likely personal quirk.
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