Speak with an Instrument Expert during business hours!
Business Hours:
Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Sat-Sun: Closed
*We will be closed on Labor Day, 9/2/2024
You Call, We Answer!
Chat with a real person
Email us directly
More Information
1-800-826-5482
contact@goldtone.com
Live Chat
Find A Dealer
Return Policy
Warranty Registration
Return Authorization (RA)
Works as described but installation was a pain. I have a warmoth tele neck that I installed it to. I had to cut back the nut slot a little to fit the new bone nut and fret in place. I thought it would just drop in.. I wasn't anticipating that but my skills didn't let me down. I filed the nut and fret down on both sides a little, added some super glue and now it works great. i have a bigsby so tunning is a breeze now!
I've used this for over a month and I'm more happy now than when I first installed it. The intonation on my acoustic is better than it ever was...you can fine tune the saddle almost dead on for intonation. One suggestion.....be sure to glue in the zero fret with a few drops of glue once you get the guitar right. I was working on my guitar on and off for a month and didn't glue in the zero fret. I was taking the strings on and off. Every time you reinstall the zero fret it will be in a slightly different place. String against fret will cause a slightly different indentation in the zero fret. You want the string to stay in the same spot on the zero fret.
I've got a '67 Gretsch Country Gentleman that has what they called the zero fret. I had always wondered why didn't anybody else do this. I put this on my 2010 Gibson Lucille and it solved the nut drag problem. I'm also going to put it on my '76 Les Paul Deluxe. A great solution to an on going problem.
This is one of those things that you ask yourself why has no one thought of this before, but it likely would have been very difficult to produce on a volume scale without CNC machines.......I put the ZB4 on a Washburn parlor guitar and was amazed at the difference in tone clarity, sustain and definition as well as tuning stability and the lowest possible action.........What more could you ask for for one single mod??.....Zero Glide makes several different sizes etc to fit just about any guitar, so be sure you get the right model for your instrument. The unslotted ZB4 requires slotting, so it does require some skill and proper files. I would recommend letting a tech install if you have no experience or tools. I do predict that some of the major instrument makers will be using this in the near future. Why did'nt I think of this. JB/Texas
$39.99
ZB-13 Unslotted Replacement Nut for Classical Guitars
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[id] => 3017
[model] => ZB-13
[quickbooks_model] => Zero Glide:Unslotted:ZB13 (CL) Bone
[preferred_vendor] => Dalian Mantech Guitar Co.,Ltd (Samsung)
[preferred_vendor_list_id] => 80001B3F-1324671482
[base_model] =>
[labels] => Bone,Black Delrin +$10
[var_matrix] => 0
[visible] => 1
[is_zeroglide] => 1
[is_slotted] => 0
[brand] => zeroglide
[type] => products
[category] => unslotted
[sub_category] =>
[instrument] => guitar-slide
[product_url] => zb-13
[old_url] => http://www.zeroglide.com/product/zb-13-classical-guitar-unslotted/
[product_name] => ZB-13 Unslotted for Classical Guitars
[product_title] => ZB-13 Unslotted Replacement Nut for Classical Guitars
[net] => 18
[retail] => 0
[mapp] => 39.99
[cost] => 4.25
[sellable] => 1
[left_hand] => 0
[stock] => 100
[reorder_point] => 0
[qty_on_hand] => 88
[qty_on_so] => 0
[effective_qty_on_so] => 2
[qty_on_po] => 0
[qty_sold_1_months] => 2
[qty_sold_3_months] => 6
[qty_sold_6_months] => 14
[qty_sold_7_months] => 9
[qty_sold_8_months] => 12
[qty_sold_9_months] => 14
[qty_sold_10_months] => 14
[qty_sold_11_months] => 15
[qty_sold_12_months] => 31
[addons] => 3083,3084,3085,3086
[weight] => 0.10
[length] => 5
[width] => 4
[height] => 1
[product_description] => The Zero Glide Replacement Nut System borrows the "zero fret" concept to reduce string contact in the nut by up to 93%, increasing tuning stability, playability, and open string tone. It only takes a few minutes to install with absolutely no permanent alteration to your instrument. For Classical Guitar (Blank).
See the Classical Guitar DelCamp review of the Classical Zero Glide nut.
Also available in Black Delrin.
[product_length] => 52.5mm (2-1/16")
[radius] => FLAT
[production_height] => 11.0mm (7/16")
[height_end] => 11.0mm (7/16")
[fingerboard] => 8mm (5/16")
[thickness] => 5.4mm (7/32")
[fret_size] => L, M, H, J (.035", .039", .043", .051")
[string_spacing] =>
[string_gauges] =>
[special_notes] => Unslotted Version of ZS-13
[product_option_labels] => Material
[product_option_0] => Bone
[product_option_1] =>
[product_option_2] =>
[is_on_forecasting_report] => 1
[img_urls] => 1-front.jpg,2-back.jpg,3-diagram.jpg
[alt_info] => zs-13,Slotted Version
[alt_product_id] => 3016
[upc] => 875116003814
[reverb_category_uuid] => 1f99c852-9d20-4fd3-a903-91da9c805a5e
[sync_with_reverb] => 1
[always_in_stock] => 1
)
)