Especially for all the pro’s. Do you use the rubber pad? Because i’ve been trying to get a better stance for playing and in many videos it looks like the shamisen is really on the “edge” of the right leg, but when i put my shamisen there it just wants to go see the floor… So if the pro’s use it then its definitely worth getting for and not for whimpies who can’t keep the shamisen where it’s supposed to be 
As far as tsugaru shamisen, I’d bet that 90% of pros use rubber pads. (The people that don’t probably have a rubber hakama 
) It is realllly nice.
All righty then! getting one!
oh oh and today i managed to correct some of my mistakes and errors with the stance of the shamisen and the bachi and i could take my left hand off of the shamisen and it stayed up! And what a great moment it was! And finally managed to memorise Tosa no Sunayama! w00t