fret size

I bought a used Epiphone Thunderbird IV from 2010 a year ago. I turned it into a fretless bass a few months ago and the luthier threw away the old frets. Now I want to make a bass with a neck identical to my Thunderbird before it was defretted but I don't know what frets to use. Here are some...

Given the various fret sizes available, what works for you? By that, I mean, what do you prefer to get the tone you are looking for, with minimal to no fret noise? I know that I don't like the 'narrow tall' frets as they sound too 'clacky' to me, but I'm also a beginner, so it could be my...

i said in that old pat vegas thread i made towards the beginning of month that it looked like he had put jumbo frets on his bass, but i had considered it then, and now think it’s true currently, that maybe fender just put really big frets on their 50s p basses. go and look up “1951 fender...

I'm well aware that all of the parts on a particular Bass has an impact on it's tone; I've been "tinkering" around with "upgrades" and builds for quite some time now BUT, I gotta ask: Does the size of the frets in ANY way affect the actual tone of a Bass, or is fret size just a matter of...

I'm thinking I'm going to wind up ordering up the bits for my first bass build some time soon here & got to considering fret size to go w/. On the guitar side I've come to really like the vintage/6230 size, but I can't quite decide if it makes sense to go the same route for this bass or not...