SRV was a maniac for using 13s. Eventually his guitar tech convinced him to stop 'shredding his fingers' and use 11s. Check out
http://www.jcdisciples.org/musicians...umber_one.html (mid-page for info about his strings).[/quote]
They are talking about the high E string only, not the rest, which remained as a .013 set.
Stevie only changed the high E (1st) to either a .012 or .011 depending on how much he had been playing.
(Stevies own words).
The SRV tone is now legendary, due in part to the heavy gauge.