Over the past couple of years I have has issues with string gauges and scale length with my instruments due to the effects of my cancer treatment, that thankfully cured the cancer, but left a crapload of other issues fir me, playing guitar being one of them.
Using an app that I stumbled across which tells you the string pressures on any string you wish to name, I worked out what gauges of strings I needed to be comfortable of my different guitars, as they vary on scale length from brand to brand. I've found exactly how to do do that and finally it's all good.
The downside is that the 'string voicing' has suffered a little and I now have to compensate and tweak my amp and guitar controls to get it to sound 'right'. It took some hard work and a lot of time but I got there.
I can say with confidence that the best and only accurate way to emulate Hank's early recorded sound, is to used the same gauge of strings that he used back in the day, which makes the guitar a lot more difficult to handle than if you are using 10-46, as is the ball park these days. A set consisting of 13-56 will certainly have the correct wound 'G' that is required , but they are hard work to play. When you start coming down in thickness, it's the wound 3rd string that always becomes the problem, simply because of the mechanics of it. Good luck with your search.
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