This is the locking nut that clamps your strings at the headstock end of the neck, taking string tension out of the tuning equation once the bridge is set. When the original nut strips, cracks, or gets damaged during a setup, this is the direct replacement for Floyd Rose Special series bridges. It is spot-hardened steel in a satin black finish, matching the hardware on guitars built around the Special system.

Fitting the right nut comes down to two measurements: the width of your nut slot and the radius of your fretboard. Floyd Rose sizes its nuts by width designation — R2, R3, R4 and so on — and this is an R3. Close is not close enough. A nut that is too flat for your radius leaves the outer strings sitting proud of the saddle surface and buzzing; one that is too narrow for the slot crowds the strings toward the fretboard edge. Do not order based on the guitar model name. Measure the nut slot in your actual guitar before ordering.

The clamping blocks are spot-hardened steel, the same material as the original. Hardening at the clamping surface matters because the fine-tuners drive all post-lock adjustments through repeated torque cycles — a soft surface rounds off and loses grip over time.

If you are not certain the R3 is the correct width for your neck, send us the make, model and year of your guitar and we will point you to the right size.