Done fixing my guitar

Pretty much done with it, and the problem was it had loose connections to the pickups. Supposedly it was a quick and easy fix but due to irregular temperature control and the rosin core not melting, it was a pain in the ass.

Nonetheless I fixed it. Tested the pickups one by one and I was all set for inserting guitar strings. My main problem with all of this, is the strings. I like me some 11s on my guitar firstly because I only have single coil pickups and yes it's a strat, second is the lighter the strings are, the softer the volume is. So I'm currently facing that problem and I regret buying some 9s online. As soon as I attached the fresh strings, as expected, it sounded like shit. Top 3 strings don't have the kick and tone to them and the bottom 3 are barely audible.

But hey, I guess I learned something today after all that mishaps and human errors