My Review on the Bishop Really stocked on this thing so far

[phil geck]

man i ordered my bishop the same day you ordered yours! got it the same as you, as well.. i love it too! its so f'n smooth.. i used a stealth as well before.. and a few cheap ebay buys from china... sorry, im sure alot of builders got ripped off from those china machines. i was just curious to see if i'd even like tattooing with a rotary before i made the leap of buying an expensive reliable one...
anyways.. i had a few questions for you.. what do you think of the needle clip? i dont see why people hate on rubber bands? when i first got and used the bishop it was loud and i had to run it pretty high.. but i took the needle out of the needle clip and let it rest on it instead.. used one rubber band.. and voila ! it was quiet as hell, ran on a much lower setting. and smooooooth as fuck! i love that thang.. i just did this kurt cobain portrait tonight.. with a curved 18 bugpin mag... it never bled (not saying that my tattoos usually do.) but this machine cut my tattoo time in half.. i fuckin love my bishop..
have you tryed not using the needle clip?
and what needle groups do you usually use with your rotary machines?
i usually use curved mags..