Editing James Shaffer (section)

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{{Short description|American guitarist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = James {{nobold|"}}Munky{{nobold|"}} Shaffer
| image               = Korn Rock Im Park 2016 (12 von 14) (1).jpg
| caption             = Munky with Korn at [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park|Rock im Park]] 2016
| landscape           = Yes
| birth_name          = James Christian Shaffer
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1970|6|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Rosedale, California]], U.S.
| death_date          =
| alias               = {{flatlist|
* Munky
* Munk
* the Gorilla
}}
| genre               = {{flatlist|
* [[Nu metal]]
* [[alternative metal]]
* [[funk metal]]
}}
| occupation          = Guitarist
| current_member_of   = {{flatlist|
* [[Korn]]
* [[Fear and the Nervous System]]
* Venera
}}
| past_member_of      = [[L.A.P.D. (band)|LAPD]]
| years_active        = 1989–present
| website             = 
}}

'''James Christian Shaffer''' (born June 6, 1970), also known by his stage name "'''Munky'''", is an American musician best known as a co-founder and guitarist of the [[nu metal]] band [[Korn]]. He was ranked at No. 26 of [[Guitar World]]'s 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/guitar-worlds-100-greatest-metal-guitarists/ |title=Guitar World's "100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time" – Blogcritics Music |publisher=Blogcritics.org |access-date=June 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132029/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/guitar-worlds-100-greatest-metal-guitarists/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011  }}</ref> 

Shaffer set up the side-project band [[Fear and the Nervous System]] in 2008 and is also the founder of Emotional Syphon Recordings, who have signed acts like [[Monster in the Machine]] and [[Droid (band)|Droid]].