I can mark note positions by doing a web search for sanshin note positions or a similar phrase and then use masking tape to mark the notes on the side of the neck. After playing a while to check intonation it's easy to find the final position and then use a scribe to mark where the notes will be.
When I make fretted instruments I use an online fret calculator to tell me where the frets will be.
@Coasterguy45 From the nut to the bridge is 23 inches. The neck goes all the way through the body for a total length of 30.5 inches.The length sticking out of the body depends on the diameter of the can, but mine is 18 inches from the body to the nut.
@Coasterguy45 That would depend on your own tastes, but I use 3/8" between the strings. On this instrument the neck is 1-1/8" wide and 3/4" deep at the nut and 1-1/4" wide at the body.
Did you do a web search for making kankara sanshin? There's a lot of good info on how to build your own.
Hi, I'm also making my own Sanshin. I was wondering how you were able to cut the bridge, how you tied the knot to secure the strings, how you carved the pegs, and what kind of guitar strings you used. I'd really appreciate any help.
@nng555 I got the neo (tailpiece) from a video by fiddlefella. I made it from a 6 foot long bootlace. Check out his videos.
The pegs were cut to a taper on a small band saw (that's also how I cut out the bridge) rounded with a pocket knife and sanded round. The holes are drilled two sizes for the taper. Today i would just use ukulele friction pegs.
Guitar strings are nylon #1,2 and 3. but 2,3 and 4 are probably better.
Sorry, I just make things as a hobby so I can't take commissions, but they're really easy to make. Do a web search for Makeman Kankara and you should find instructions on how to build your own. The chord length is 23 inches from nut to bridge. You just need an empty one pound butter cookie can or coffee can and a piece of 1x2 to get started. I use the first 3 nylon guitar strings.
Are you on the Simple Sanshin forum? Lots of good stuff there.
how do you position the makings for the frets?
kingdavidtaidawei 1 week ago
@kingdavidtaidawei This one doesn't have frets, so that was easy.
I can mark note positions by doing a web search for sanshin note positions or a similar phrase and then use masking tape to mark the notes on the side of the neck. After playing a while to check intonation it's easy to find the final position and then use a scribe to mark where the notes will be.
When I make fretted instruments I use an online fret calculator to tell me where the frets will be.
Hikikomori013 1 week ago
great vid!! Just one question: how long is the neck?
Coasterguy45 3 weeks ago
@Coasterguy45 From the nut to the bridge is 23 inches. The neck goes all the way through the body for a total length of 30.5 inches.The length sticking out of the body depends on the diameter of the can, but mine is 18 inches from the body to the nut.
Hikikomori013 3 weeks ago
@Hikikomori013 and the width of the neck and space between each string? Thanks in advance!
Coasterguy45 3 weeks ago
@Coasterguy45 That would depend on your own tastes, but I use 3/8" between the strings. On this instrument the neck is 1-1/8" wide and 3/4" deep at the nut and 1-1/4" wide at the body.
Did you do a web search for making kankara sanshin? There's a lot of good info on how to build your own.
Hikikomori013 3 weeks ago
Kiri kai matahon. Doha ka yubin? Kon'inara, makahimubakku o inare gamiton an... ha?
Oops... hmm. I'ts good. Say, two strings? That's cool! There's even a musical instrument here in the Philippines with onry two strings- the kujapi.
So... Sanshin made with can is named Kankara? what about one made from a plastic container? XD
GarF1eId 1 month ago
Hi, I'm also making my own Sanshin. I was wondering how you were able to cut the bridge, how you tied the knot to secure the strings, how you carved the pegs, and what kind of guitar strings you used. I'd really appreciate any help.
nng555 2 months ago
@nng555 I got the neo (tailpiece) from a video by fiddlefella. I made it from a 6 foot long bootlace. Check out his videos.
The pegs were cut to a taper on a small band saw (that's also how I cut out the bridge) rounded with a pocket knife and sanded round. The holes are drilled two sizes for the taper. Today i would just use ukulele friction pegs.
Guitar strings are nylon #1,2 and 3. but 2,3 and 4 are probably better.
Hikikomori013 2 months ago
It's great to make your own instrument!! well done, it has a distinctive sound too!
ukekeysandbees 1 year ago
@ukekeysandbees Subsequent videos include actual music.
The last year and a half have been a lot of fun, from my first primitive plywood box instrument to my noticeably nicer banjos.
For a really nice instrument, check out fiddlefella's shamisen. He played his latest project in the National shamisen competition in Hirosaki, Japan.
Hikikomori013 1 year ago
Do you do comissions? Like, by request? It's lovely and I'd pay for one!
FeatherHailfrost 1 year ago
@FeatherHailfrost
Sorry, I just make things as a hobby so I can't take commissions, but they're really easy to make. Do a web search for Makeman Kankara and you should find instructions on how to build your own. The chord length is 23 inches from nut to bridge. You just need an empty one pound butter cookie can or coffee can and a piece of 1x2 to get started. I use the first 3 nylon guitar strings.
Are you on the Simple Sanshin forum? Lots of good stuff there.
Hikikomori013 1 year ago
Great work !
tomstanky 1 year ago
カンカラ三線作りたくなってきました。
takenobu1120 2 years ago
Nice work..you should customize by adding art work to it.
enforceOM 2 years ago