"tattooed" I know what you are saying, about the dd machines. I still haven't gotten to the point where I can use a dd machine, because of the whole "homemade tattoo gun" thing. I started tattooing when I was a kid with homemade machines, from hairdryers, cassette players, even VCR motors(they have like four motor in them, you can have a whole set from one VCR, lol). anyway, I spent years learning the ins and outs of the coil, and felt pride and accomplishment in doing so. it took me for ever to get a rotary machine because of that fact, but then I got the original neo. I was able to do so only because it had linear in the title of how it worked, so that was justification enough, because with that linear in the title it wasn't a prison machine, lol. I just tattooed on the fly with no direction or education or apprenticeship to speak of with all the wrong equipment for so long and then spent so long relearning the right way that its hard to go back full circle and just use a dd machine, in my head at least. i think my taste will always stray from a dd for some reason or another, but its great because there is so many fine machines to choose from now. sorry for getting off topic and spewing all this, i just wanted to let you know i been there too, peace