Ito (strings)
Stock up on ito (strings) to keep your shamisen producing glorious sounds! Available in Silk, Nylon and Tetron.
Learn about shamisen ito and watch how to string a shamisen.
String gauge (thickness)
Higher-gauge strings are thicker, lower gauge strings are thinner. If you don’t have a preference, go with our recommended defaults.
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The Gokujo ito are the considered to be the highest…The Gokujo ito are the considered to be the highest quality string for shamisen, and ideal for stage use. Note: The ichi no ito will not fit in a nagauta/jiuta shamisen, as the diameter of the string holes in the itomaki are smaller. It can be done if you widen the string hole first, but I've tried using such a thick string on a nagauta shamisen as an experiment, and feel that the tone of the thinner string balances much better with the smaller size of the nagauta shamisen.