Danyl Johnson has one up in Oregon. You can use that one anytime you want Grant… Of course you`ll have to either drive up to oregon to get it or have DJ ship it out to you.
I’m thinking… electric shamisen into a heil talk box… speaking Japanese… 
Ive been really wanting to go up there and see a little bit of then Johnson. The electric shamisen is as good a excuse as any hehe
paste the following long URL and it will lead to you to the SUZUKI electric shamisen site on amazon.co.jp. it is cheap, sturdy, and light with a decent acoustic sound. however, it is the narrow neck (hoso-zao) variety.
To see how it sounds, go to http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14830141 and forward the time to 1:27:32, which starts my performance (such as it is).