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It can stop the open strings resonating by muting them, usually when using extreme high gain and playing legato/tapping . There also used to be plastic dampers used by Jennifer batten and Dave (kilminster I think) they would flip up when not in use, Michael Angelo batio uses a similar type .
As said, kills sympathetic vibrations between nut and tuners. Can also be pulled forwards to mute the strings when you're doing tricky stuff at the dusty end. Live, that would be almost as uncool as using a clip-on headstock tuner but it can be very handy when recording
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I used to have one on a bass which I had tuned BEAD so if I hit an open string by mistake while playing up the neck it didn't make a huge racket and make me jump.