As you may know if you have looked anywhere else it is pretty hard to find any information about Sanshin. If you are interested in buying a Sanshin get an inexpensive one to start with. Don't pay more than $300 for your first one also keep in mind that artificial snake skin is okay. Some people say that real snake skin has a better sound but I have played Sanshin's with real and artificial skin and they sound very similar. One great advantage of artificial skin is that doesn't break.

I have bought every single one of my Sanshin's from ebay. I find that the pricing is very reasonable especially for the quality of the Sanshin's that I have seen. If you don't have an ebay account you can register for one within a few minutes through the ebay link directly below.

If you already have an account then you can just start looking around. The ebay search bar below is displaying what I feel are some good quality Sanshin's. Sometimes it helps to search for the term Okinawa Shamisen instead of Sanshin. For some reason I have found that using the term Okinawa Sanshin returns better results, but you may as well try both. You can search for Sanshin's with the search bar below. It is displaying results for the search term Okinawa Shamisen.

If you are having trouble finding a Sanshin then contact me and I will have no problem helping you find a Sanshin that is right for you, or any other Sanshin related materials.