A zero fret is a fret placed at the headstock end of the neck of a banjo, guitar, mandolin, or bass guitar. It serves one of the functions of a nut: holding the strings the correct distance above the other frets on the instrument's fretboard. A separate nut is still required to establish the correct string spacing when a zero fret is used.
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“Cassius. Must I endure all this?
Brutus. All this? Ay, more! Fret till your proud heart break.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)