Great Southern Tattoo Company

I went here yesterday after reading the reviews of several tattoo places.  Jason, Adam and Carl were there and they greeted me when I entered. I spoke with Jason, the piercer,  about the issues I'd had a few years ago with nipple rings (from another shop) and showed him pictures. He was very nice and listened to my situation. I decided to go ahead and get them re-pierced.

There were already two other girls in the shop looking at tattoo designs. While I was filling out my paperwork, a tiny Asian girl wanted really small cursive lettering on her wrist. They gently advised her that if the tattoo was too small, in a few years it would be really blurry and hard to read. She made some sarcastic remark about just getting it lasered off in a few years if she didn't like it...they kind of laughed it off and said that sounded like a lot of pain. She held up several sizes against her wrist in the mirror, but I'm not sure which one she ended up choosing. I am hoping to get a tattoo soon, and I appreciate that they presented her with the facts, but didn't force a decision on her.

Anyway, back to me: The piercing area is behind a little accordion room divider, so it is private. Jason was really nice, and it went much quicker than I remember it going the first time. I was in and out before the other guy  finished prepping his area for the cursive tattoo.

I'm planning to get a tattoo in the next few months, and I definitely plan to return here. The shop seemed clean, they were nice (although it's always a bit intimidating walking into a tattoo shop), and I feel like they would really listen to what I want and help me design the perfect tattoo.

Bonus: They accept credit/debit. Some shops don't.

Oh my god! This place is so great. When they say homely environment man do they mean it. The atmosphere in that place was phenomenal. Great staff, great knowledge of tattooing. All together a great bunch or professionals. Highly recommend this shop to everyone.

All of the artists here are fabulous.  Charlie and Sandy give the shop a friendly, "homey" feel--but without sacrificing professionalism.

Adam J.'s specialty is Irezumi and Irezumi-style tattoos.  The man is strictly incredible.  He did a beautiful reworking of my existing Irezumi piece (which, imo, was already quite nice) so it would be truer to Irezumi and flow nicely into add-on Irezumi pieces.

Adam is also very knowledgeable about Irezumi sub-styles; I was quite impressed.  I wanted my add-on piece to be true to Irezumi--and Adam took what I wanted to the next level.

I am so pleased with Adam's work and plan on having Adam do all of my future Irezumi work. :-)