String Gauge Dilemma, Different guitars & tunings, different string gauge Options

[Wilska]

Hey,

I have a slight problem. At the moment I play on 2 main guitars, one ESP LTD Alexi-600 which is a 25.5 scale neck with floyd rose and the other one is a Gibson Flying V which is 24 3/4 (I believe) scale length and has a hardtail bridge.

The Gibson V is tuned to E standard and has 10-46 gauge strings. This feels pretty near perfect for me.
The ESP LTD is tuned to Eb standard and also has 10-46 gauge strings. This is feels really sloppy!

What string gauge would you recommend for the ESP LTD to get a similar tension to the Gibson setup?
I used to play with 10-52, I don't really remember why I changed to 10-46. But I have raised my action quite a bit and still when I play heavy parts on the low e string e flaps and flops all over the place. Guess I became quite a hard picker after playing for over a year with the 52s?

Maybe I should go back to the 52, i'm just afraid it will impact my lead playing. Maybe I shouldn't worry?
What do you guys think? I know the obvious answer is "just try and feel for yourself" but I don't really enjoy the work that goes into changing string gauge on a floyd guitar so I don't want to do it too many times!

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