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just wondering if anyone has any steel-related tattoos. I've been considering the card symbols used by Sho-Bud:




and also the atom found on Emmons fretboards:



then I started toying with the idea of somehow combining the two. I doubt I'll go through with it, but thought I'd share:







maybe I'll just get some stickers made instead.

that would look cool right in the middle of your forehead!

chris ivey wrote:that would look cool right in the middle of your forehead!

LMAO....

I know there is someone who has a Sho~Bud tattoo, but can't remember who it was...

Kevin Owens

chris ivey wrote:that would look cool right in the middle of your forehead!

The only meaningful steel related tattoo for me would be E9/C6 in some nice characters.

I would get the bottom of a pedal on the bottom of my foot......and on the other foot I'd get "If you're reading this, call for help".....

How about "Born to raise my Bs to C#".

how 'bout



or

You mean somthing like this? Buddy Emmons was the very first person I ever saw play a steel.

I've got the atoms on my arm

now we're gettin somewhere

very cool Patrick!

let's see those atoms Bryan!

Patrick Layher wrote:You mean somthing like this? Buddy Emmons was the very first person I ever saw play a steel.

You Da Man Patrick !
I like it
JB

Not a steel tattoo but I got this. I took a picture of a resonator guitar my dad built to an artist and had this tattoo designed in his memory.

Guilty

Scott,

I'll offer my .02 here.

I have 3 tattoos all from my Navy days back in the 70's.
I've been contemplating covering one of them with another tattoo of something musical. Or just getting a new tattoo.

I would do a generic steel guitar tattoo and not something referring to a specific brand. I know my love of specific guitars change almost as much as my ex's.

Thankfully I never got one referring to any of them.

Go generic.

hey Ollin!
i hear what you're saying but i think Sho-Bud and Emmons have transcended mere brand status in the steel guitar world. and both pay tribute to Buddy Emmons as well

the derby hat is a good tribute to E, without being too specific. same with the card suits a la Sho-Bud.

(speaking of Buddy... thanks again for turning me on to the Redneck Jazz Explosion all those years ago, when you were helping me find my first steel!)

here's another version of my earlier idea. cheers

Well you can't go wrong with the Emmons/Sho-Bud composite.

I actually think that's pretty generic. It will also be an easily recognize tribute by those that know and a conversation starter for those that don't.

Yep. I still remember driving out to Swannanoa that day. If I remember it was an S-10 BMI you acquired.

It looked a lot better when my arm was shaved and of course, me taking the picture doesn't help. The tat was done about 10 years ago.
It's a generic pic of my ZumSteel.

At my age,- the only marks on my body are GOD given. They're called age spots, birthmarks and bruises. Spent a few years in the Marine Corps but never ever thought about getting any tattoos.

I’m considering getting some piercings, so Ill have a place to keep my picks. I keep losing them.

Next week I'm going to get a full body tattoo.........only 6 inches taller.

I’m on a budget, had to choose between a tattoo or a piercing.

I got a tattoo of a piercing...