Electric guitar...

I've noticed there's been a trend lately toward heavier gauge strings.

I've heard pro players in interviews say they use 11's or 12's (yikes).

The G&L ASAT I picked up a few months ago had at least 11's on it and it took away a lot of the tone as well as hampered playability.

The other side of that coin is that it's WAY less likely to break a sting on stage, and I get that.

I put my go to D'Adario XL 9's on it and that brought it back to life.

Funny, if I'm going to break a string it's almost always the A string.

I've considered "heavy bottoms" but haven't tried them.