Martin Triple O’s with that bracing pattern can handle medium gauge strings just fine, so it’s doubtful that lights are “choking” it. If she isn’t getting a full tone out of the guitar yet it might just be that she hasn’t figured out the best right hand attack to get the sound out.
Anyway, with rosewood Martins I’ve found that 80/20 strings work well. I use John Pearse 80/20 mediums on my 000-42.
Hope this helps.
Wade Hampton Miller
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