Patent ID: 8653345

Claim:
A zero glide nut system for stringed instruments, comprising in combination: a one piece replacement nut having a front and a back; a two step cut-out formed in an upper edge along the back of the replacement nut, the two step cut-out having an upper step and a lower step; and a fret with an enlarged head on a stem installed on the two step cut-out on the back of the replacement nut, so that an overhanging portion of the enlarged head sits on the upper step and the stem sits on the bottom step, wherein the combined replacement nut with installed fret is used to replace a standard nut which is mounted in a nut slot cut-out on top of a neck adjacent to a headstock of a stringed instrument, and the front of the replacement nut faces the headstock of the stringed instrument and the back of the replacement nut faces a body of the neck of the stringed instrument.