I'm starting this thread so I can post a review of the Zero Glide Nuts I recently ordered online from Stewmac, I'll be including my experience with the installation of the Zero Glide Nuts on my Gibson LP Studio guitar and my Chibson Angus SG guitar, so far I have completed the installation work on my LP studio, also in this thread I will include some audio demos so you can hear what the guitars sound like before and after the installation, along with some pics, here's what the Zero Glide Nuts look like in their packaging:
And here's what one of them looks like installed on my LP Studio:
Since I don't have any sets of strings in 46-10 gauge to put on my LP Studio, I'll have to wait till next week to buy some so stay tuned for some demo clips.
Installation Review:
The actual installation of the new Zero Glide Nut on my LP Studio guitar was relatively easy, if you can install a traditional bone or plastic nut on a guitar neck then you should be able to install one of these Zero Glide Nuts as installing one is much like installing a traditional nut, no extensive modifications need to be done to the existing nut trench like you would need to do if you were installing a Floyd Rose Nut or a Fender LSR Roller Nut on a Strat for example , all that may be needed is a bit of filing/sanding of the Zero Glide Nut bone material in order to get it to fit since it is made a bit oversized, the nut itself is made from bone according to the instructions and while I was filing the nut to fit I definitely could smell a distinctive smell of bone.
Once I had the nut filed to fit the nut trench on my LP Studio, it was a simple matter of gluing it in with some Cyanoacrylate Super Glue, next, I compared each of the included pieces of fret wire to the frets on my LP Studio and chose the one that was closest in size to the frets on my LP Studio's Fretboard, this should give a good 1st fret action that's low and buzz-free, the fret wire was then cut to size and any sharp edges were filed smooth, next I used some Super Glue to glue the trimmed Fret Wire in place just in front of the nut, this piece of Fret Wire becomes the Zero Fret on your guitar.
The only thing that was a bit difficult was the sanding/filing of the Zero Glide Nut to fit the Nut Trench, and even then it wasn't all that hard, just a bit time consuming that's all.
Stay tuned.
For those of you interested in ordering one of these Zero Glide Nuts for use in your kit builds, here's a link to the webpage:
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