cool guitar, weird lock nut

[blue]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-Original-Vintage-1984-Gibson-Explorer-III-3-P-90-Pickups-RARE-Camo-Fnish-/360454027586?pt=Guitar&hash=item53ecbbf942

i've seen one of these on ebay before, maybe the same one!  but i never noticed the very strange string clamp.  i always thought the Kahler string clamp was a much less elegant solution than the Floyd Rose locking nut, but at least it looked like it worked.  i can't figure out how this thing works at all!

[Philly Q]

I saw that guitar on eBay the other day!  One man's cool is another man's.... WTF?  :P

It looks like there's just an individual clamp for each string?  I seem to remember the clamp with the Washburn Wonderbar being quite similar looking.

If I was ever going to put a Kahler on another guitar nowadays, I'd just buy a Floyd locking nut and use that.

[blue]

well, yes, i think this guitar lies in that strange zone somewhere between awful and awesome :)

i agree entirely, i'd just use a Floyd nut too. 

[TheyCallMeVolume]

That is pretty wacky looking

[Copperhead]

FWIW it looks like Lita Ford's signature guitar is using a regular nut with a lock behind it, similar arrangement.