Can you reuse removed frets on the same guitar?

[Terry]

I just got a Tradition PRS copy.  It has a 14 radius neck.  I'd like to make at least the top 3/4 into closer to a 12 radius.  It's like a regular stratocaster fretting.  Do you think I could pop the frets out and reuse them?

[FYL]

I just got a Tradition PRS copy.  It has a 14 radius neck.  I'd like to make at least the top 3/4 into closer to a 12 radius.  It's like a regular stratocaster fretting.  Do you think I could pop the frets out and reuse them?

No, except of course if you're green. Green like in mold or troll green.

 

[G._Hoffman]

Nope, you need to get new frets.  There is just no way to do it so that it will work.



Gabriel