Frets too high?
Frets too high?
Don't take this the wrong way, but unless your action is ungodly high and you are pressing the string so far to fret it that you are bending it sharp, I'd say it sounds like you haven't been playing too long. You need to develop a lighter touch. It will come in time.
Tall frets/Jumbos are a good thing! #1 it makes bending and vibrato easier, and #2 you can get your frets leveled and recrowned a time or two if you use it a lot. It'll save you from an expensive refret job.
No, chances are great that your Jackson may of had lower/worn frets because your fingertip hit the wood first and you had to press harder to fret the string.
Most guitarists who pick up a guitar with a scalloped fretboard for the first time usually have intonation problems from fretting too hard and pushing the strings sharp.
Did you buy your Jackson used?
Don't bother taking it to a tech. They will tell you the same thing as the rest of us here.
I talked to one of the guys at the local music store and he said the Eclipse II has a much higher fret height, being extra jumbo, than the Jackson, which is more like medium. No dead spots on the neck anywhere, just higher frets than I'm used to. Now that I have such a nice guitar I just need to practice, practice, practice.
Thanks for all the replies.
Don't press down too hard??? :p