String Gauge, humbuckers factors

[alanfc]

hello-

my new low output bridge humbucker seems to like .009's better than it did my .010's.

Better note definition.

Unplugged, the guitar is now much more twangy (Strat) with the 009's.

I 'm going to need to stay with the 009's for a while because of a pinky problem, plus the fact that in my old age seems my nail painfully separates from my finger after alot of bending, I changed down to 009-042 strings.

Most curious about the physics of it all, the better clarity I'm hearing..

thanks

[tonezoneonline]

It could be the way the guitar is set up or some other factor like the particular PU's .To my ear it has always surprised me at how much better a step up in gauge sounds.I use 11's on most of my guitars and 12's on some.

[Flyin' Brian]

I like em a little heavier too. For me the problem with lighter strings is on the picking side of the street. They seem to give too easily.

[alanfc]

indeed the virtues of the heavy strings...
I will miss them.
Not an option for me, as stated in my original post.

[tonezoneonline]

I understand the old age thing.It's the joints with me not the nails.I gues I'll never be a shredder and happy of it.