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Reviewed in Japan on July 20, 2023
頼んですぐに届いたのでとても助かりました!またお願いします♪
ExRxIT
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022
I've installed these on 7 Tele and Strat style guitars. On all of them I replaced the stock nickel-silver fret with Zero Glide's stainless fret. The stock fret would quickly develop grooves under the heavy string pressure at the nut but the stainless fret wears very well. The nut is fragile. Be very gentle with it until it is (lightly) glued into the nut slot. They are simple and shouldn't cost so much, but they really work. Strings slide smoothly over the fret and string height is guaranteed to be perfect. Combine the Zero Glide nut with a quality set of locking tuners and you'll have quick, precise and stable tuning. This is an easy install for luthiers or dedicated DIY guitarists, but if you don't go beyond changing your own strings, you might want some help.
Geoff
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2021
I thought these sounded like a great idea and couldn't wait to try one. I've got nothing against traditional nuts and I know they're not that tough to make - IF you have the right tools, time, and know-how. But for someone just getting into guitar building, these seem great so far! I got one for a Tele and one for an Epiphone SG. I've only done the Tele so far, but it went very smoothly. In my case, I was using a Chinese neck with a 12" radius, the frets with the ZS-7F were pre-radiused for the standard Fender 9.5", so I had to take some of the curve out of the fret before installation. The offset frets supplied were enough over-length that I could hold one end with pliers and lightly tap some of the curve out of the rest of it against a wood block, the portion held in the pliers was cut off when cut down to length. Plenty of other ways to do this, I'm sure. The supplied nut just required a little sanding/shaping on the ends. I did not do any sanding for thickness or height (my nut slot was flat, this nut has a "nub" you can remove if you have a radiused slot). In my application, the fit is actually a little loose, but I wouldn't call it sloppy. I thought some of the slots in the nut, in my "custom" application, could be a little deeper but as installed the nut works great. I thought the slot for the high E was a hair wide and the low E just a little too narrow. Nut files would still be good to have when installing these for sure, but not as critical as with a traditional nut. As I believe another reviewer mentioned, the fret seems to get a lot of wear pretty quickly, especially from the wound strings. I believe stainless frets are available for these, I might check that out in the future. I know these offer other benefits besides being easier for beginners. When doing set-up, it's nice to eliminate any questions about nut slot depth by having the zero-fret. I know some have reported improvement in tone, but that would probably apply more to acoustic instruments. As for intonation, I can only assume that the zero-fret could be a great improvement in some cases. I haven't been able to set up my intonation yet, due to bridge issues!If you're looking at something other than a Fender, the Goldtonemusicgroup website has a printable to-scale sheet for matching nuts to their preslotted models and they also sell them unslotted. There is also a spec sheet giving details of all their different models. It would appear you could get a ZeroGlide to fit just about anything, but some might require cutting your own slots. Overall I think these are great and I plan to use them on future builds, although probably not exclusively after I can buy a set of nut files. If you're curious about these, definitely give one a try, if it doesn't work out you can always pop it back out and put in a traditional nut!
Andrew
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2019
Shocking product. First of all the metal fret wasn't even straight. I know it is shaped to the radius of the fretboard - I'm not taking about that curve. The thing was warped in relation to bring parallel to the nut itself.Secondly, the plastic part is so brittle I managed to snap mine simply by holding it in the slot to see which of the metal gets would fit. I hardly put any pressure on it, just enough to stop it moving sideways. Bitterly disappointed with this product and will order a bone nut elsewhere instead.I've fitted nuts before and I stupidly fell for the marketing on this piece of garbage as being the ultimate guitar nut. I won't be making that mistake again.Update: This is the nut I bought instead - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00126E3Z4/ I fitted that in less than 10 minutes. Should have bought it in the first place.
Michael Baker
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
I hate dealing with guitar nuts. A real source of frustration - they are critical to setup and not be a problem with tuning or strings.With the Zero Glide, the nut no longer sets sting hight or length, it just becomes a "place holder." Intonation is done by the zero fret so strings remain in tune even in the first couple of frets.You can get nuts to fit most popular neck sizes and one especially for Fender necks.Guitars with non-locking tremolos such as a Bigsby or Fender will find less string binding in nut slots - I put mine on a custom built Jazzmaster and it not only helped with intonation but with using the tremolo.For anyone who does basic maintenance on their guitars such as fret dressing, or who have changed a nut, installation should not be a problem. You need to know about frets, and you have to trim and dress the ends of the zero fret.If you have it installed, it should be around the cost of a regular nut replacement.It isn't a fix for a neck that has issues, but it makes for one less critical setup for a guitar.
Guy Smiley
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2018
I equip all the guitars I make with zero glide nuts.
Byron Whitesides
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2016
Watched the promotional/instructional video of this item, which made it look so easy to change the nut, then purchased two of this item to fit Fender guitars I have. I found his item is extremely difficult to get to fit Fender guitars, requiring HOURS of sanding because the existing nut slots are MUCH thinner than this nut with the fret wire, and then the fret wire requires force to get it to conform to the radius of the slot. Long story short, it was lucky I purchased two nuts, as after I got the first one sanded and the fretwire fitted into the slot, put the strings and tuned to make sure there was no fret buzz, then removed strings and nut to get ready to glue into place and finish, I found the nut broken in two places below the string slots. Once you have to sand the back of the nut until it fits, the already thin nut becomes extremely thin and prone to break! Luckily I had the other plastic nut which I then carefully sanded and got installed without breaking, but am now not able to do the other guitar I purchased the second nut for. I went to the manufactures website and sent them an email requesting I be able to purchase another nut to replace the broken one, or maybe TWO just in case it broke again, but have not heard a word back in now 7 days! Because of the small ledge built in to the nut, the fretwire sets on, which has to be formed to not only fit in to the nut slot, but also needs to be sanded down enough to be level with the fretboard, and the thinness of the plastic nut to start, the sanding process makes this nut MUCH thinner, and extremely fragile and easily broken. For the price of this item, it should include two of the plastic nuts, in case one of them breaks. I am extremely unhappy that I spent $50 to re-nut ONE fender guitar. NOT WORTH THE MONEY, AND TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!
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