hell, why .012's, if you wanna supershred get .009's! lol. personally, if you had an acoustic guitar and practiced your ass off ( and i do mean practice ) then when you went tot he electric you could fly on that thing. because acoustic strings are (generally, normally) a bit heavier than most electric strings. I noticed this right away, after setting down my acoustic for a few seconds, picked up my electric, and they were real light!