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That said personal preference plays a part. I personally find very tall frets uncomfortable; others swear by them. PRS use smaller than 'jumbo', yet bigger than vintage Fender wire, that for me is the perfect compromise. But rather like action and string gauge, this is one of those things where there is no right or wrong.....
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I prefer the frets on my Ibby 470, so I guess big is best for me too.
Just wondering about the differences.
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Next build I do, I'm using stainless or gold coloured frets from warmoth, they're supposed to be a lot harder. Till then, tall and wide will do.
I couple of years ago I had an R8 Historic and wondered several times what it would be like with slightly taller frets.
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And overly 'square'/tall ends! I had a Suhr with 'Heavy' frets. It had a stunningly comfortable neck profile, but due to their height and lack of bevelling at the ends, the frets felt too wide for the fingerboard-as though they were sticking out at the edges (which they weren't).
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I don't know what PRS you have but I've owned six over the years (only one left now) and they all had jumbo frets.