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It's the reason why I love tall frets, my fingers usually stick to the board and there isn't much padding on the tips of my fingers either so my nails hit the board before I've fretted the note on low frets.
My PRS seems to have quite tall frets but the frets on my Gretsch Streamliner and Telecaster are vintage style and it's not always easy to manage for me.
The Gretsch at least will eventually be refretted with something tall.
I don't think I'd buy anther guitar that didn't have tall frets to be honest.
Some can't get on with them but for me that lack of pressure needed to fret notes makes the whole phrasing thing so much easier and more fluid. Sliding up to and down from fretted notes is also way easier for me with them.
I find I’m comfortable with pretty much any fret size; I own guitars with low vintage and tall/wide.
It may well be worth looking at your technique.
Can be bought at Amazon, it'll save you a refret!
For me its always the trebles. Even on my Ebony board with xj frets.
Elixir polywebs really improve how the bass strings feel. But those strings are a bit marmite.
But on the trebles with the strings being obviously thinner, the frets are like speed bumps as well as the strings themselves getting stickier.
I use WD40 on my strings. Sprayed onto an old Fastfret stick then wiped over the strings lightly, rather than squirting the stuff everywhere. Works fine for me.