A Tattoo About Guitar That You Like?

[fazool]

temporary but this would be mine

[Brucebubs]

Maybe I should get a jumbo on my bumbo?

[Willie_D]

Here's mine.

[Dru Edwards]

Some music notes. Pick a song with great meaning to you. Here's a sample I found on the web.

[Acousticado]

Originally Posted by Rixtoy

A woman who works for me had a great idea when her mother passed away.
She took a birthday card her mother had sent her, scanned the image of the hand-written signatory: " Love you, Mom" and had it tattooed on the inside of her wrist in pretty small size.

She looks at it every day she says.

I like that.

My sister also did that on her left arm, with just “Mom” based on our mother’s signature. Simple, quite nice.

[tinnitus]

Some nice tats above!

Several years ago, I considered getting a tattoo myself, and I found an opportunity to "test drive" it, which I'm glad I did. Unable to decide exactly what shape of guitar to get (Tele, Strat, Les Paul or acoustic), I opted instead for a single music note. Nothing fancy or "cursive" looking, just simple, solid, blocky and symbolic (to me anyway).

Spending two weeks with family at Sunriver in Central Oregon, I had my nephew draw the desired single note, probably 6" tall on my shoulder with a black sharpie. Shirtless every day, I had plenty of chances to check out my reflection everywhere and decide if I liked it or not.

My girlfriend at the time (now Mrs. Tinnitus) showed up a few days later and joined us out by the pool. She took one look and said, "So what's with the golf flag?"

Scrub... scrub... scrub... scrub...

[saxonblue]

Originally Posted by Willie_D

I don't have any tatts myself & probably never will at this age but if I did I would go for something like this. Abstract, simple, pleasing to the eye & nothing to have any regrets about. That is a beauty.

[fenderball]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?<ifram...reen></iframe>

[Silly Moustache]

I'm with the fiurst four resoponders ... don't do it.

Ok, I'm old and the first tattoos I saw were on the arms of men that worked for my father in his garage (where I started working aged 9).

My Dad had a rough beginning, and whilst he was a hard stern man, he had empathy for ex servicemen and ex crims.

I remember tea breaks when the guys would tell me about their tats, mostly devotions to their regiments they fought with or ships they served on.
I could understand the point of these, although it always seemed to me that those guys were scarred by the experiences they went through, and their tattoos were a manifestation of them - "there is no such thing as an uninjured soldier".

The crims usually had women's names - ex girlfriends mostly IIRC.
They were wounded too, in different ways -poor, uneducated, bitter, and seemed like their lives were a continuous succesion of poor decisions.

Earrings were for gypsies, and Spanish pirates in movies.

My wife got a tiny tat when she was 60. She was encouraged by our grand-daughter. She had a small "42" on her left ankle - It's arefernce to Douglas Admans' "Hitchiker's guide to the Univesre - it took me three weeks to notice it.

We aren't Jewish, but I felt that having a number tattooed on your body was a bit thoughtless considering those who were in the Concentration camps .. yes I met friends of my Dad who had them too.

Don't do it.

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by tinnitus

Spending two weeks with family at Sunriver in Central Oregon, I had my nephew draw the desired single note, probably 6" tall on my shoulder with a black sharpie. Shirtless every day, I had plenty of chances to check out my reflection everywhere and decide if I liked it or not.

My girlfriend at the time (now Mrs. Tinnitus) showed up a few days later and joined us out by the pool. She took one look and said, "So what's with the golf flag?"

Scrub... scrub... scrub... scrub...

I think everyone should try a tattoo first, with a temporary tattoo, to see if they like it and then decide if they want it forever.

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Godfather

Ditto....

I recall a TV commercial where a guy was getting tattooed. It read “No Regerts”.

That's a good one , but I think that should be No Regrets (in full disclosure I did not catch it until my spell check did )



, I must admit I am a wee bit surprised, at the old fashioned-ish,, attitude about tat's being posted on forum full of musicians.

I mean it's one thing and perfectly valid to not care for them for yourself, and I don't have any, (of course now my old fart skin is so blotchy it probably would not work very well anyway ) , but really guys this is 2020

To the OP I would suggest just google "guitar art"

[Brucebubs]

Met a guy once who had this tattoo on the inside of one arm.

[Willie_D]

Originally Posted by saxonblue

I don't have any tatts myself & probably never will at this age but if I did I would go for something like this. Abstract, simple, pleasing to the eye & nothing to have any regrets about. That is a beauty.

Thanks! It definitely gets a lot of compliments.

[archerscreek]

I wanted a tattoo when I was younger. I’m glad I never got one.

[619TF]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

I'm with the fiurst four resoponders ... don't do it.

Ok, I'm old and the first tattoos I saw were on the arms of men that worked for my father in his garage (where I started working aged 9).

My Dad had a rough beginning, and whilst he was a hard stern man, he had empathy for ex servicemen and ex crims.

I remember tea breaks when the guys would tell me about their tats, mostly devotions to their regiments they fought with or ships they served on.
I could understand the point of these, although it always seemed to me that those guys were scarred by the experiences they went through, and their tattoos were a manifestation of them - "there is no such thing as an uninjured soldier".

The crims usually had women's names - ex girlfriends mostly IIRC.
They were wounded too, in different ways -poor, uneducated, bitter, and seemed like their lives were a continuous succesion of poor decisions.

Earrings were for gypsies, and Spanish pirates in movies.

My wife got a tiny tat when she was 60. She was encouraged by our grand-daughter. She had a small "42" on her left ankle - It's arefernce to Douglas Admans' "Hitchiker's guide to the Univesre - it took me three weeks to notice it.

We aren't Jewish, but I felt that having a number tattooed on your body was a bit thoughtless considering those who were in the Concentration camps .. yes I met friends of my Dad who had them too.

Don't do it.

You forgot to mention how long hair is for girls and sissies. Real men don't have feelings and a woman's place is in the home.

Respectfully, lines of thinking like this are generational and fading fast.