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Hello everyone, how ya’ll doing today?

I’m collecting information on strings.

Could you tell me about your preferences? I’d like to know the gauge and material (s for silk, n for nylon, t for tetoron). If you can, please tell me about your instrument and music.

For reference, I’m currently using s17 / s14 / n14 on my min’yo, and generally that’s the genre I play. My Tsugaru is currently strung with s27 / s15 / n14.

If you happen to know the brand (Such as Hatsune, Kotobuki, or Fuji) you’re using, you could include that too!

Thanks~

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I have a jiuta that I’ve been using s14/s14/n13 while I’m not in Japan to save my silk strings for a rainy day. When in Japan I use hatsune s14 on all the strings (my relationship with miss Money is complicated).
I’ve wanted to use a thicker ichi no ito, my jiuta came with s15 but 14 was the only thing my neighorhood shamisen store offered.

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My min’yo : s16-s17 or s18 hatsune or Fuji/t15 tokiwa or s15 Fuji/n13 kotobuki, tokiwa or Fuji.

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I’m using s20 Fuji/t15 Ray tone(irradiated)/n13 Fuji on my tsugaru. S20(for ichi no ito) may seem too thin for tsugaru, but I usually play modern tunes and I prefer playing softly rather than traditional hard striking style.

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I hope nobody will hate me but, since I need to save money, I buy my shamisen strings on amazon because they are cheaper in price but not in quality. on amazon, I can buy 2 ichi no ito strings, 4 ni no ito strings, and 6 san no ito strings that would be the price of 1 ichi no ito and 2 ni no ito strings on bachido.

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I always bought the largest and thickest I could get my hands on. Not exactly sure which is which to be honest.

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I prefer whatever I can get at the time.

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My “20 cent fishing line period” was actually kind of good.

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My “20 cent fishing line period” was actually kind of good.

Hahaha

Thanks for the input everyone. I’m still watching this thread, so if others happen by… please contribute your experiences!