I use to be a very simple string gauge user.
One gauge for every guitar. Bottom line.
I used 9-42 for the first ten years and went to custom lights for a year (9-46)
and then switched to 10-46 since then.
With a few try outs here and there for fun with Nickel strings, Cobalts, Golds, Elixirs and higher gauges (11-52),
I remained pretty faithful to the 10-46...Whatever brands.
Then lately I tried a few things and started to notice that some of my axes sound better with different gauges.
So my Standard faded Les Paul sounds amazingly better (Yes, a really very noticeable improvement) running
on 9-42s while the chambered ones react better with 10-46.
So I changed my mind a lot about strings...
It is a long process of trial and error that has to be done with each and every guitar I own.
I used to think that a string gauged was matched to me and would have to go on whatever guitar.
It's the other way around: Strings have to match a guitar and then I have to adjust.