Recent 37+ 11 Gauge Acoustic Guitar Strings. Amazon's choice for 11 gauge acoustic guitar strings. So we took a les paul & a strat, whacked some extra light/extra heavy strings on them & we compared the tones. Nor does it really pay to be lazy about. It doesn't pay to get the lowest possible action out an acoustic. 11 Gauge Acoustic Guitar Strings - Ghs Bb20x Acoustic Guitar String Bright Bronze 0 11 0 50 Gauge Musicmajlis Rotosound tru bronze acoustic guitar strings.