If you are a fan of Steve Vai, you probably might have seen him playing with frets that looks like this. This isn't just some bad fret job but quite the opposite. The theory of having frets like these is equivalent of having perfect intonation for your guitar. The idea is that the guitar, being a screwed up instrument doesn't give you perfect intonation even well intonate. For example, if you play an A chord, it should not give you the perfect tuning of an A chord. If you do tune your guitar to a perfect A chord and play the D chord, you will realize that the guitar is very out of tune.
This is especially noticeable when you tune your guitar using the 54555 way and attempt to tune every note accurate to the previous string (an additonal note is when you tune with a tuner, you notice that the notes ring slightly different), by the time you hit the 6th string, you will realized that your 6 string isn't exact a perfect E verify with the tuner).
What the True Temperament frets does is to correct that, making sure that no matter which part of the frets you are using, you are well intonate and in tune. I've never personally tried one of these but would love to.
How do you refret that?
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