I know it's not ideal for a tattoo artist but I have to admit that I'm not great when it comes to tinkering with machinery. The reason that I was leaning away from it was that I was a bit nervous about tearing it apart and messing something else up, as it was my primary machine. Since I hardly use it now, my coworker and I will be getting some new RCA ports and do just that, try to fix it ourselves.