mandolin tattoos

[Shuping]

I wonder...is that pick made of bone? Maybe the nut?

[Pete Jenner]

The nut is certainly partially made of bone...

[phiddlepicker]

That's some nice ink.


I was going to get the "Blues for Allah" fiddler on my back......but years passed and 5 tattoos later, I still haven't done it.

[jaycat]

Jim Morrison said it best: People Are Strange.

Pete Townshend had this to say:

[spidertat66]

Here is piece that I had done to remind me how fragile the most precious things in my life are. Black and grey of Bills' Mandolin after the fire poker incident. Something can spend a lifetime with you and be destroyed with a snap of your finger.

[TerryBurnsKing]

This one from a young mandolin player in a band called the Blue Ribbon healers

[djweiss]

I saw the Jethro tattoo at Weiser this year...the woman below Jethro is named Estrellita.

[belbein]

rbmando, brilliant!

belbein, if you must ask, because that's the way Big Mon did it!

Of course. What was I thinking?

[mandolirius]

This one from a young mandolin player in a band called the Blue Ribbon healers

A Jethro tattoo! Now THAT is cool.

[Dennis Ladd]

Because, without it, he'll never be able to make his bones on the bluegrass circuit.

[shortymack]

A Jethro tattoo! Now THAT is cool.

Today its Jethro, in 20 years it will be grandpa Munster.

[George R. Lane]

This one from a young mandolin player in a band called the Blue Ribbon healers

Her name is Cindy Rose, according to their website.

[bookmn]

Today its Jethro, in 20 years it will be grandpa Munster.

Funny, but I mostly hear that from older folks whose least worry would be the appearance of a tattoo in twenty years...

[mandolirius]

Today its Jethro, in 20 years it will be grandpa Munster.

All she has to do is keep doing the bicep curls and overhead extensions.

[TNT]

I just got it!!

[MikeEdgerton]

Nice, really nice.

[JeffD]

I just got it!!

Very nice. Very very nice.

[sgarrity]

That's some really nice work!

[delsbrother]

I just got it!!

That thing is awesome! Now you have to go all the way and take a pocketknife to the logo!

[TNT]

Haha being on the inside of my arm I had to look down a few times because it felt like he was using a knife lol

[Tina MBee]

inside of the arm - ouch! nice work - good detail, lines and shading

[JeffD]

Very talented tattoo artist. The shading and detail is exquisite. Those little touches of white on the tuners make it really pop.

I have thought about getting a mandolin tattoo. Were I to go for it, I would want to use an artist of that caliber. Nothing less.

[Scott Tichenor]

Fresh Nugget ink courtesy of Megan at The Mercy Seat in Kansas City. First photo, right out of the chair, second photo 3 hours later. I've played Nugget mandolins more than 1/3 of my life and my cicada was needing a little company.

[choctaw61]

Very nicely done Scott.I'm as passionate about tattoos as these gibson folks are about their mandolins.That's one of the best tat's on this thread. That's about as perfect as it gets.Nothing amatuer about it.Wear it proud bro. Just flawless!

[JeffD]

The headstocks of mandolins, and guitars for that matter, make excellent tattoos. That is really great.