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David Shankle
Chicago, United States
David Shankle is credited on 56 releases across 16 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
56
Pressings credited
16
Albums
5
Decades active
10
In collections
Biography
David Lee Shankle (born March 7, 1962) is an American guitarist. He is known for his shred style of playing. Shankle was the guitarist for the heavy metal band Manowar from 1989 to 1995 and played on the album The Triumph of Steel. He was previously a member of the band Paradoxx with whom he appeared on the Chicago Class of '85 compilation, contributing the song "Night Ryder". Today he leads his own band, the David Shankle Group. Shankle was endorsed by Dean Guitars. In 2009, he released his signature model, the DS7 "shred machine". This guitar is a seven-string model with 29 frets, EMG pickups, a custom active EQ also made by EMG and a Kahler tremolo system.
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Credited work
56 releases · 16 albums · active 1986–2025
- Performance · 96
- Other credits · 4
Studios: Tanglewood Recording Studios · Haus Wahnfried · Airwave Recording Studios · Chicago Recording Company
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Manowar
- Voodoo Gods
- Joe Stump
- Icy Steel
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