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Zero glide nut installation11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Zero Glide will also go on my mandolin to brighten it up a bit and for the same reasons I will use it on all my fretted instruments. This nut is much easier than doing a brass nut set up. ![]() You may notice more sustain and a bit of brightness to each open note and even up the fretboard. Zero Glide will help give you the tone your guitar, your ears and the ears of your audience deserves. Guitar techs know what I am talking about. No chance of scratching up your guitar with a file either. No more grabbing the feeler gauges and that hair tie to hold them in place across the fretboard at the first fret to set the proper height of the nut slots while filing. ![]() If you are a working musician with some tech skills you might not have all that cash to shell out for high priced and extremely delicate files to dress a nut. ![]() Since this will be a new nut install the next thing not needed is one of those high dollar nut file sets that some luthier shops charge a hefty price for. The issue I have with this guitar is some string binding on a couple stings. This new Zero Glide is for my Martin D Custom guitar. If you add any of those items to your banjo, you will need ZERO GLIDE, No exceptions in my experienced opinion as a lifelong musician. This is a VERY important feature to have, especially if you intend to get a set of Keith D tuners or a set of Cheat a Keys to play all those Earl Scruggs tunes where he does all those tuning tricks. The next thing I noticed was no string binding at the nut. What does the Zero Glide do for my banjo? Tone and action were the first 2 things I noticed right off the bat. I have owned and played this banjo since October 2017. I have been using a Zero glide nut that came standard with my Gold Tone OB 150 Banjo. The Gold Tone Zero Glide Nut should be you next upgrade on your ax. ![]()
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