Shamisen Anyone?

[hotnanas]

I captured this footage at the Houston Japanese Festival in April. I figure some of you guys would like this. I've been all over ebay trying to buy one, but I haven't had much luck.

enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJsa4jjuHc

 

[ltlpenguin]

I don't know how the artificial snakeskin would sound, but it's a pretty good price:http://www.kotosandmore.com/Shamisen.htm

 

[UkeNinja]

I don't know how the artificial snakeskin would sound

You can always upgrade your gear. How much does a kitten go for these days?

Shamisen was pretty big with the Yoshida brothers rocking it, and there is a bit of an Okinawa thing going on, but not as much exposure as a couple of years ago it seems.