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Rig Rundown: Sharkmuffin

Learn how the band covers everything from noisy, sonic assaults to dreamy, pysch-tinged surf-rock melodies with minimal gear and an overflow of punk-rock ’tude.

Chris Kies
By Chris KiesSep 06, 2017
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Thiessen covers a lot of sonic ground throughout Sharkmuffin’s intense sets, but she only needs a trio of noise benders like a Death By Audio Echo Dream, smallsound/bigsound buzzz, and a Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter. For tuning and muting purposes, she has a Boss TU-3 Tuner.

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