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Strings Dilemma

Hello fellas, Forgive me for posting this question here, but I'm kinda lazy to register at different site since I know many of ya play some musical instrument. I recently decided to jazzify my Takamine EG544SC purchasing light action strings and practice jazz sequences.012-.053.
After replacing my medium action strings I noticed that my action haven't become any 'lighter' vs. the one before.
Does it make an action difference between brands even if the gauge is the same? I've always bought strings 'on sale' and changed them pretty often 'cos I love the fresh crispy sound of new strings and they all sounded AWESOME on this guitar without even paying attention to a brand purchased... Please also read the next my follow-up...
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synthfreek
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Are you sure you know what "action" means"? That has nothing to do with how "lighter" a string plays but how high it is from the fretboard. Higher action means the string is further away from the fretboard and lower action is the opposite.
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marakanetz OP
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action has two meanings one of them is the distance between fretboard and string which is almost lowest to the point i could strum without having strings bounced to the unwanted frets.
another meaning makes me believe that strings themselves have also meaning of action in addition to gauges.
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marakanetz OP
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another reason i figured that 12 really isn't a light action which solves the most of my equation.
for blooz or jazz i need to find lighter.
martykl
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Mara,

If you're bending, 12s can be a challenge. For traditional jazz playing with little to no bending, that's usually not much of an issue, but for blues/blues rock....

Good luck with it.

Marty
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synthfreek
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I've been playing since forever and I've never heard anyone refer to string tension as "action".
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