Fret height vs string gauge

[alex1fly]

Does anyone prefer larger gauge for larger/taller frets, or vice versa? I'm finding that my tall-fretted guitars tend to need a lighter touch as the strings can go further out of tune, so I've combated this by increasing the string gauge on those guitars. On the flip side, short-fretted guitars seem to do better with light strings.

Anyone have similar experiences matching gauge with fret height? Or not at all? Curious to hear some thoughts. I've added a few guitars to the stable this year after playing pretty much a single Strat since 2002. Not surprisingly, other guitars are different (gasp) and I'm having fun getting to know them.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

My frets aren’t all over the place so my string choices are consistent. I’ve never have overly tall frets. And I don’t like really small frets. I have played guitars that had both though, and you are right that tall frets and light strings makes for a lot of “sour” chords as you bend lots of notes sharp on chording.

 

[dogrocketp]

Learning hand pressure can take quite a while. I do use different strings on different guitars, but only for sound. It’ll probably take me the rest of my life to be a happy with hand pressure.