FK, I'd be keen to hear what he says, I just did 2 Gibson style necks with Jumbo fretwire with wide crown tops, and the guy for who I did them - he's LP from the mid 80's (which plays really nice and comfy) has flat/ wide fret tops.
Drug the book in from the shop, pored a glass of wine and sat down and reread the chapter on fretting and refretting. There is a lot of information there and I'm not going to try to paraphrase it all but in the section about selecting fretwire size and height Erlewine says that he likes medium tall wire because the "offer a better sustained note, are easier to bend on, and level and dress easier that low fret wires" He goes on to talk about the low frets on old Gibsons by saying that "sustain, tone and easy bends were traded off for that (low) action", followed by another two pages of discussion about fret height and shape.
Hahaha, Freeman I very much doubt that.
