Ultimate synth-geekery: synthesizer tattoos
Tattoos are a bit of personal choice – some feel that they can help individualize those who have them, and some people wouldn’t be caught dead with one. Most of the time, a tattoo expresses an emotion, and nothing shouts “I’m a total synth geek!” like a synthesizer tat.
Here are various synthesizer tattoos that I’ve been able to dig up. Leave some comments on what you think about these, or if you’ve got a synth-related tattoo that you’d like to show off – I’ll post it here.
First, the TB-303′s. From what I’ve seen, TB-303′s are definitely the most common synths I see on peoples’ bodies:
This one is a bit more original, a selector switch from a TB-303:
Reaktor logo:
A Monome sequencer:
Here are a few Moog Minimoog related tattoos, first the mini:
These ones are just great – the schematic for the Moog ladder filter:
Basic Synth tattoo, I’m told that it’s Kelly Osbourne’s tattoo, but I have no idea what synth has 2 mod wheels, 5-band EQ, 3-octave keyboard, and a spectrograph, lol:
A Reason Logo:
And finally, our favorite synth from the 80′s, the Yamaha DX-7:
Hey! I just came across your website, because you started following me on Twitter. This is awesome!
Having been a classically trained pianist, I’ve been doing the jazz/rock/pop thing for years, but just recently started getting into the whole “analog synth” thing.
I came into keyboards and synthesizers in the late 80′s, when digital was all the rage.
Now I have several keyboards, among them the Roland D-50 (combination analog and digital), and the super-awesome Alesis Andromeda.
You really do feel like these things are real-live-breathing instruments!
My friend has a Korg tattoo and the 3 main waveforms, but i don’t have the balls to get a tattoo
i would never get a tattoo of anything
@ CHeap – dude your missin out
Missing out on tons of pain and then regretting it when you get older.
I have a Moog logo tattoo as well…
http://www.thedreamer.net/MyMoogTattoo.JPG
Not the worst thing you could put on your body…some of them are actually kind of cool
wow those are horrible the one that looks like a knob (5 down) is the only one that’s ok because it just looks simplistic tribal art.
sorry but i have been producing for years and i would never get theses done
i come from brighton in uk and if i got these done i would be a laughing stock and i do have tatoos amnd i love the pain its like a drug
but why would you have the propellerheads sign done what if you gave up making tunes a yeah after you had them done
sorry this is just my own opinion
but each to ther own
Mine is cool too.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v316/47/122/1246642085/n1246642085_30103800_5682.jpg
quite a nerdy tattoo design, but it look ok
Well I assume, everyone believes in something. Tattoos are just there to espress those beliefs. Some people have crosses on her shoulders, some others have synthesizers.
Wow! These are fantastic! I’ve never seen sysnthesiser tats before. Here I was bumbling along with all me fantasy and Celtic stuff and I find people who’ve completely broken to mold.
I’ve been to Tattoo Mental for all myTattoo Designs but these are something else.
I’m going to contact them about this…
Damn that is some dedication to music right there!
So geeky…but so awesome! I want!
I just submitted a synth tattoo, maybe a comment is more appropriate.
here’s two shots of it and the original:
http://www.etanmaet.com/picoftattoo.jpg
http://www.etanmaet.com/synthtat1.jpg
http://www.etanmaet.com/original.jpg
(yes it does wrap around, but not all the way)
The first tattoo images looks kind of cool.