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Originally Posted by emmsone
Hi Charles
Actually in this case the choice of evo gold was not so much about the fret wear, but more for the aesthetics of it being gold, although a longer wearing fret even on nylon string guitars is always an advantage.
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If you are taking all the frets out, please do a bit more searching - I think it was the Delcamp forums where classical players showed that all excessively "hard" frets (EVO, SS, etc) cause significantly more damage to the nylon strings, and are thus universally undesirable compared to nickel.
Ultimately, fret wear doesn't present the same level of significance to nylon players, likely due to a combination of the string material, the player's LH pressure decreasing, and (perhaps most significantly) the lack of note bending in the repertoire.
However, since you put the word "crossover" in its name, a lot of the classical purists have already tuned out, so the alternate take is to do exactly what you desire. IMO, the best way to do what you want is to know what conventions you're breaking and why.