Thanks Murray, My Regal does have very high action - I play Hawaiian on it. For certain styles it is perfect - not a 'throaty' sounding resophonic for ballads a la Jimmie Tarlton.

Lower tension can be a problem still, intonation may be uneven in the lower strings requiring a slight slant bar position. For non-electric, flat-wounds are fine after a few hours playing.

These sound like good strings for 12 string bottleneck. Some great music has been done on 'sloppy' bass strings, I certainly could not accomplish that which Huddie Ledbetter did.