I owned a Martin D-35 for about 5 years, back in the 70's... it was ALWAYS strung with light gauge (12's), so I don't have a reference point for any difference between 13's and 12's...
Nowadays, "light gauge" can mean 11's, though, and even though I'm almost 71 and recovering from a severe muscular setback, I wouldn't dream of stringing my guitar with 11's! My electric? Sure... maybe my 12 string acoustic, although that hasn't happened yet!
Never my 6 string acoustic... so, 12's? I don't see an issue at all... may need a bit of set-up tweaking, but no problem with 12's at all.
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