(Bamboo Colors Collection - Limited Edition)
Emerging from our 2026 'Bamboo Colors' collection is an explosive and avant-garde concept fueled by unbridled energy and vibrant pigments: Ink Riot.
It is a sonorous rebellion of color that amplifies the raw, primal essence of the shakuhachi, celebrating its versatility through a spectrum of nuances and the dynamic surge of a scream that erupts in vivid hues. This exclusive, limited-edition design seizes unparalleled aesthetic command, harnessing the wild yet exquisite voice of the bamboo.
The Ink Riot shakuhachi is a creation that defies the visual archetypes of traditional instruments, manifesting as a breathtaking abundance of sight and sound. It is art itself asserting dominance—a manifestation of beautiful, chaotic rebellion.
Ink Riot is a Masterpiece of High Lutherie.
The Ink Riot Bamboo Colors Series is our special limited edition high-end flutes designed and handcrafted by Zapata sensei that features the best specifications, sound, look and technological design for the best look, feel and sounding experience.
This series blend the naturalness of cured and selected bamboo with the technology of inner coating adjusted in different diameters with special natural mixture and non-toxic lacquer finish, to provide protection, durability, and a more lively tone unique and professional in each flute.
Its precision inlay design mouthpiece is unique and designed by Master Zapata. Thanks to this cutting-edge mouthpiece design and accurate tuning, it can effortlessly play three registers (ryo, kan and daikan). The Jiari series is a type of flute made of thick root-end bamboo, with natural balance, perfect and impeccable aesthetics.
The Koumori uta-guchi 蝙蝠歌口 (Singing bat mouth) precision mouthpiece offers a different blowing and sound experience, which you can learn more about below:Benefits of a Koumori uta-guchi Cutting-edge precision mouthpiece: Its inverted triangular blowing area offers a distinctive timbre to the blow of the air in the inlaid design area.By having a wide mouthpiece design and with a closed but deep circumference, it allows you to accurately obtain notations in its three registers, as well as to play with blowing effects, angles and directions to create different harmonics along its blowing edge, exclusive design found only in the Zapata sensei flutes.
Extended Chin Rest Angle (顎当たり)
The extended chin rest angle offers a greater range of inflection, allowing for up to three semitones of pitch adjustment on the affected note with expert meri-kari technique.
These shakuhachi are crafted from the finest selection root-end bamboo to create a perfect wind instrument with an unmatched tone that only the colombian bamboo can offer.This bamboo has been grown at 1000-1400 meters altitude and strengthened by different temperatures for almost 3 years. Cured and dried for 2 years before the flute is handcrafted in a delicate and patient process personally performed by master Zapata to obtain a flute ready for concert, studio recording or home training practice.
The quality of this bamboo is characterized by the fact that it has been used by the Colombian construction industry for many years in large-scale architectural constructions due to its physical-mechanical properties as a renewable alternative to conventional materials.
This flute has a natural balance given by the weight of the same thickness of bamboo with root end. The beauty of the serration of their roots is preserved to give an unique and beautiful aesthetic.
Each flute includes: Certificate of authenticity, blowing and notation instructions sheet (fingering chart according to the key of the flute), Flute kit: Ergonomic Velvet Flute Cleaning Swab with Handle and deluxe clothing bag to protect the instrument (cloth bag is delivered according to availability, reference photo). Flute stand sold separately.
VERY IMPORTANT: When choosing bass flutes from key A 2.3 and up, please indicate the location of your hands when holding the flute, this information will be used to locate the holes of the flute you are ordering. We recommend listening to the video that shows each tone and tessitura of the instrument according to its key, so you can get a better approach to the sound, tone and key you are looking for. The longer the flute, the deeper the sound.
( ! ) Reference photos. All of our Shakuhachi flutes in this series are similar in bamboo appearance and aesthetics. The other decorative items shown in the photographs, other than the flute and cloth bag, are not included with the purchase of this product ( ! ).
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( ! ) Each Shakuhachi is inspected and handcrafted by the master Ricardo Zapata. Professional bamboo flute instrument of high quality. All the zen flutes are made of selected colombian bamboo and each of them is labeled with the hanko of Ricardo Zapata (logo seal). This instrument has been accurately tuned. Quality audition proof to the owner personally made by Zapata Sensei to demonstrate the tuning and audio perfection for this instrument. ( ! )
( ! ) The BX3 KOUMORI-GUCHI and HICHO-GUCHI precision inlaid mouthpiece designs are the exclusive property and creation of master Ricardo Zapata©. Any copy or reproduction of these registered designs are prohibited. ( ! )
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Ink Riot Shakuhachi
Our D4, B3, and A3 key flutes are 100% compatible with our courses.
