I mentioned in another thread that Gibson was responding to complaints about wear on its "zero fret nut" by offering a prototype replacement. A guy at the MLP forum has received his, and what a fail! It's some kind of casting. It's rough and has pits a couple of good size divots. Here's one of the pics he posted.
I wouldn't put anything like this on a $100 Squier, much less an expensive Gibson.
No surprise here - Gibson has proven that they have
zero regard to Quality Control and certainly don't have any corporate culture that would begin to embrace it. It's a top down thing and we know who is at the top.
For what they are charging for their new guitars they could easily machine, CNC anyone?, the part out of a high quality stainless alloy.