James "Munky" Shaffer

"It's something I picked for a song a long time ago, 'Did My Time', and it, like, turns it into an AM radio sound, a lo-fi sound is what we use that for" - Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech) on the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Guitar Effects Pedal. This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

Munky uses a Dunlop DHCN1060-7 string set.

In 2015, James Shaffer, also known as Munky, played the Ibanez UV71P Steve Vai Signature Universe Premium Series 7-String Electric Guitar during a live tour, as seen on his Instagram.

In this video, James Shaffer is seen holding an Ibanez UV70P, an extended-range guitar, while discussing the Ibanez 7th Heaven.

Malekko has made some really cool shit lately. They have a few pedals that I used on the new record. One of them is called the Downer. It’s a pretty crazy-sounding octave-fuzz type thing. I also have a few of their modular things because I’m getting into that old modular scene.

"We use that for mostly on clean, it's just set on a little warble sound, I really like the sound of that one." – Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech) on the Electro Harmonix Memory Boy. This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

Bid on this one-of-a-kind axe straight from Munky’s private collection. This private stock single-cut archtop was custom built for Munky and comes hand signed by Paul Reed. Used on the recording of Korn’s ‘Untitled’ album in 2007, this guitar wields the power of limitless riffs for its next owner.

"The first thing we go through is the XP-100, and I have a gain control on the back of that so if anybody's looking at all these pedals thinking 'You're gonna lose a lot of signal', you can get it back by just turning up the volume on the XP100." – Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech) on the DigiTech XP-100 Whammy-Wah.

This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

Our go-to’s are the XP-100 [Whammy] from DigiTech and an old Ibanez chorus pedal.

"The MicroSynth is cool. It has a really quiet output when there's nothing going on, so I think there's a gate in there, I'm not sure. We get a crunchy synth sound out of that one, it sounds really cool." – Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech) on the Electro-Harmonix MicroSynth XO Guitar Effects Pedal. This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

On this artist page for James Shaffer of Korn from the TC Electronics website, displays some of his guitar pedals, including a TC Electronic Corona Chorus TonePrint Series Guitar Effects Pedal.

According to Premier Guitar's interview, Munky uses Dunlop Tortex .73mm guitar picks.

At 9:55 in this Rig Rundown for James Shaffer of Korn, his gear is shown, displaying a Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Effects Pedal. This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

On this artist page for James Shaffer of Korn from the TC Electronics website, displays some of his guitar pedals, including a TC Electronic Röttweiler Distortion.

On this artist page for James Shaffer of Korn from the TC Electronics website, displays some of his guitar pedals, including a TC Electronic Flashback Delay TonePrint Series Guitar Effects Pedal.

According to Guitar Geek, James uses a Diezel VH4 amp head. This amplifier is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used an Ibanez Tone-Lok LF7 Lo-Fi Filter pedal in his 2002 guitar rig.

James Shaffer, also known as Munky from Korn, used a custom Ibanez K14, a 14-string electric guitar, to achieve a wide chorus effect in the studio for the song "Alone I Break." This usage is documented in a user-uploaded photo of his guitar rig from 2002.

on the tc electronic website, it states munky uses this pedal

at 0:30, the korg tuner is present

at 1:20, he mentions that in the studio he uses bogner amps

"We go to the Phase 90... it's set on a slow setting for whatever Munky wants to fade that in and out on, not really specific to any song in particular." – Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech, from this video: http://bit.ly/ZkUTOi). This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

"The DD-3 we use for a long delay, for the song 'Dead Bodies [Everywhere]' and we use that with the talk box, so he gets a long droning sound, almost like a didgeridoo sound with that, and the thing about the DD-3 is that, when you disengage it it stops the delay immediately, as opposed to the newer delays that will trail out." – Jim Otell (Munky's guitar tech) on the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal. This pedal is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.

James "Munky" Shaffer is seen here with his signature model Ibanez APEX200. He also discusses the guitar in this video by Ibanez.

At 9:5 in this Rig Rundown for James Shaffer of Korn, his gear is shown, displaying a Whirlwind Selector A/B Box.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used a Perscription Electronics Outbox in his 2002 guitar rig.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used a Digitech XMM Metal Master heavy metal distortion pedal in his 2002 guitar rig.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used a Dunlop UV-1 Univibe pedal in his 2002 guitar rig.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used a Boss PS-5 Super Shifter pedal in his 2002 guitar rig.

In this detailed gear diagram of Munky's Korn stage setup, you can see the guitarist used an ElectroHarmonix/Sovtek Small Stone Version 3 pedal in his 2002 guitar rig.

On the Mesa Boogie website, it is stated that Shaffer uses this cabinet. This cabinet, loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s, is also mentioned in the 2020 Premier Guitar interview.