Upon hearing some recordings of myself recently, I realized that, well, my thumb is apparently a LOT stronger than my other fingers, especially the pinky and ring finger. The result is that the lower 3 strings on my guitar sound a lot louder than the top three.

I use extra light strings mainly because of the arthritis in my left hand, but to some extent also because the wrapped (wound) strings (low E, A, and D, especially) tend to wear out my right hand too when I play for a long time.

I'm wondering whether I could keep extra light 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (and maybe 4th) strings and heavier gauge (light or medium) 5th and 6th strings (with maybe the G string being just a light). Would that hurt the guitar in any way - e.g., by messing up the balance of tension across the fretboard?

Just wondering.

Genie