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Get closer to your shamisen idols! The Signature Bachi are…Get closer to your shamisen idols! The Signature Bachi are made in collaboration with the hottest shamisen stars of today. Every star player involved has given us their preferred weight, balance and shape of their favorite bachi, and the maker creates them with synthetic bekko called Neoko. Check out the exact weight and measurements of each bachi below! -
This is the device that allows you to adjust the…This is the device that allows you to adjust the buzzing effect on a tsugaru or minyo shamisen. It is installed right under the thickest string. -
This is the decorative gold-plated sleeve and fitting that attaches…This is the decorative gold-plated sleeve and fitting that attaches to the dou and end of the nakagosaki. If you're building your own Tsugaru Shamisen and want to have all the finishing touches which high-end Tsugaru Shamisen have in Japan, you'll want this! (Know that it's not required for a shamisen, but rather increases the level of fanciness) -
This iron-on patch is embroidered with the Bachido logo.This iron-on patch is embroidered with the Bachido logo. -
The Magical Shamisen Comic Book, written by Kristi Conley-Brockie and…The Magical Shamisen Comic Book, written by Kristi Conley-Brockie and beautifully illustrated by Edward Rooks, tells the story of a special shamisen which, when not played, turns into a dragon! The comic book is perfect for young children and any shamisen enthusiast! Ships from California -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Kouki Sao and Tenjin Bachi: Premium stage bachi, practice wood bachi, and dual bachi case Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Azuma Sawari Neck: Futozao (thick neck) Condition: In excellent condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, 2 Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Kouki Sao and Tenjin Bachi: Premium stage bachi, practice wood bachi, and dual bachi case Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Azuma Sawari Neck: Futozao (thick neck) Condition: In excellent condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, 2 Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition. with a shallow wearing out of the fingerboard (kanberi) Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Shitan Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Chuuzao (medium neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin, Dou with high quality cut and figuring Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Chuuzao (medium neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Kouki Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Shitan Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Figured Kouki Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Agend Kouki Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, White (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition, with only a shallow wearing out of the fingerboard (kanberi) Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels.Specifications:
Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: En Sawari Neck: Chuuzao (medium neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. Wood: Shitan Sao and Tenjin Bachi: refurbished Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki, Black (synthetic skin) Sawari: Azuma Sawari Neck: Chuuzao (medium neck) Condition: In great condition Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all…Everything you need to play! Suitable for beginners and all skill levels. This smaller size Shamisen is also suitable for small children. Wood: Karin Sao and Tenjin Bachi: Wood Bachi Itomaki: Ebony Skin: Hibiki (synthetic skin) Sawari: Yama Sawari Neck: Hosozao (thin neck) Includes: Everything shown in pictures (Doukake, Wooden Bachi, Yubikake, Ito Set, Dou Gomu, Neo, Koma, Naga Fukuro) -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a Rosewood handle (with Tori Gate inlay)secured to a flexible Orange Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 80g Length: 193mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 26mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 12mm -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a Cocobolo handle secured to a flexible Clear Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 63g Length: 174mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 19mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 8mm -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a Cocobolo handle secured to a flexible Clear Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 97g Length: 192mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 26mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 13mm -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a figured Jarrah handle secured to a flexible Clear Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 45g Length: 174mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 17mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 6mm -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a Lacewood handle secured to a flexible Black Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 73g Length: 174mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 22mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 11mm -
Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made…Made by Bachido member Josh Curry! This bachi is made with a figured Marblewood handle secured to a flexible Orange Acrylic bachi blade. Specifications: Weight: 68g Length: 174mm Thickness at base of wood handle: 20mm Thickness at thin end of wood handle: 10mm -
Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got a whole…Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got a whole line of colorful acrylic itomaki! Although it's not shown in the pictures, the pegs of all itomaki have a metal core for added strength. These itomaki are intended for tsugaru shamisen. Theoretically they could be fitted in smaller shamisen (nagauta, jiuta, etc), but those shamisen have smaller tenjin, and thus the itomaki would be more difficult to use, and so it's not recommended. -
Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got itomaki sets…Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got itomaki sets made of faux zouge! These itomaki are intended for tsugaru shamisen. Theoretically they could be fitted in smaller shamisen (nagauta, jiuta, etc), but those shamisen have smaller tenjin, and thus the itomaki would be more difficult to use, and so it's not recommended. -
Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got three beautiful…Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, we've got three beautiful styles of ebony itomaki: Mentori (trimmed edges), Soragara (star shape), Soragara Mentori (star shape with trimmed edges). These itomaki are intended for tsugaru shamisen. Theoretically they could be fitted in smaller shamisen (nagauta, jiuta, etc), but those shamisen have smaller tenjin, and thus the itomaki would be more difficult to use, and so it's not recommended. -
This beautiful set of jointed Kouki itomaki are made in…This beautiful set of jointed Kouki itomaki are made in the Soragara Mentori style, which is a star shape with the edges expertly trimmed with immaculate detailing. Highly figured Kouki jointed to high quality ebony, and Built in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki. -
This set of Elite Itomaki is made from Siamese Rosewood…This set of Elite Itomaki is made from Siamese Rosewood with intense fiddleback figure. Fitted with African Blackwood pegs. -
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Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, the Matsu shamisen features…Made in Japan by Tokyo Wagakki, the Matsu shamisen features a sao (and tenjin) made from Akamatsu - Japanese Red Pine. With a hard Shitan fingerboard providing clarity, the lighter Akamatsu wood gives this shamisen a uniquely delicate and woody tone. Read more about the Matsu Shamisen in the Description below!Special Bonus!
To help you get started with your brand-new Matsu Shamisen, I am including several learning materials for free!- Bachido Shamisen Crash Course
- Premium Shamisen Course: Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi (Kyu)
- Premium Shamisen Course: Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi (Shin)
- Premium Shamisen Course: The Nitta Ryu Intensive Technique Pack
- Premium Shamisen Course: Advanced Kamashi
