Shamisen Skin

Building/Repair
1

i have a question about the shamisen skin,
I have buyes a vintage shamisen of 1980 on ebay, but there is the problem that the sink is very old and yellow, so i would ask if its possible to paint the skin. If its possible what type of colour i can use? At the beggining i wantend so apply a new skin but where i live its not possible. So i really would to paint the skin in white. Can someone help me?

Thank you in advance.

2

Painting it will solve no problem,the skin still has big risk of rupture,why is it prohibited? We from bachido may offer some solutions.

I wouldn’t paint the skin because the PAINT ITSELF may cause damage to the skin.

3

Oh sorry,sorry…I’ve forgot…

Welcome to Bachido Luca!

4

Ok, Thank you

5

I live in a little town in north italy and im the only shamisen player in the radius of hundreds of kilometers… So there are no possibilities to repair a shamisen

6

what would you suggest as an alternative to paint?

7

Do you really need to get it white? You can send it to Japan,only the dou,and get it skinned.

I would never paint the shamisen,so I can recommend you nothing.

8

Ok Thank you

9

I agree with Shinji on this one. The best thing to do would be to just ship your dou to Japan and have a new skin put on. As long as you have access to a post office then it shouldn’t be a problem.

10

Or maybe you could try to re skin it yourself. There’s no use in painting a worn out skin.

11

Ok i will inform ma by the post office, thanks you

12

Luca, welcome to Bachido!
Even the painted dou would look nice the sound would be worse.