Heavy gauge - low tension strings?

[Villamarzia]

I’m trying to reach for a sound which is mellow and full for fingerstyle playing with nails. Coming from classical, I kind of hate the hard tension of steel. Are there strings with gauges (high E) from 0.13/0.14 or above but with low tension? The only solution I have in my mind now is to try resophonic strings and tune 2 steps down... unfortunately string such as John Pearse folks are too low tension as they are designed for classical, otherwise they would be perfect for me.. ideas?

[Quickstep192]

Newtone Heritage strings are low tension.

[hermithollow]

Strings need to be near breaking pitch to sound musical. The corollary is to have lower tension at a given pitch an unwound string has to be thinner. That is why "light gauge" strings are thinner.

[tomiv9]

The unwound strings, e and b, are plain steel. The tension is directly correlated to the guage, so there are no low tension 13s or 17s. The wound strings can be made with different size cores and wraps so you can have thicker strings with lower tension.

[Lillis]

Check out straight up strings brand. Also,their cousin Santa Cruz strings

[mercy]

SUS and SC are lower tension but not low tension. As was said above the e and B strings are what they are. GHS Thin Core, Optiflex and Mapes Octacore are low tension. And of course Newtone Heritage who will make custom sets. You should call him and talk to him about strings.