Compensated adjustable nut for a stringed instrument

A fully adjustable compensated guitar nut is claimed to allow the strings of a guitar to be separately and continuously intonated accurately and easily whenever necessary. The nut employs small adjustable saddles, equal in number to the strings of the instrument. A vertical adjustment screw allows for vertical adjustment of string height (string action) and accommodation of various fingerboard radiuses and a horizontal adjustment screw allows for adjustment of the distance between the nut and the bridge of the instrument, allowing for precise intonation. In addition to vertical adjustment screws, shims can be added under the saddles for further vertical adjustment. This adjustable compensated guitar nut allows for correction of intonation problems related to scale length, string elasticity, string gauge, variation in fret height, variation in guitar action (height of strings above the finger board), as well as finger pressure of the fretting hand (playing style). This system has been tested and has been found to correct intonation not only from the first to the twelfth fret but also from the twelfth fret on up even after complete intonation adjustment of the bridge.