Earl
I went the opposite direction to you with string experiments. I have played guitar now for 40 + years, until 8 years ago exclusively electric, I have always used 10's on the electrics. I initially played 12's on all my acoustics but over the past several years I have moved to lower tension strings, my hands are older. All my other guitars have 11-47 martin silk and phosphor on them. I tried D'Addario nickel bronze 11-52 but when listening to recordings I made (with a thumb pick and fingers, fingerstyle) I need to eq out the bass. I put on a set of 10-47 nickel-bronze last night, never have I used 10's on an acoustic before. Must say, easy to play, excellent balance on my recordings, no need to EQ. I guess I am now an old wuss.
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