The Thousands

‘The Google’ can tell you anything. Seriously, type in any question and some genius will have answered it in a forum or on a blog somewhere. Go on, try it. You can learn anything from how to have an affair, to how to unlock a car with a mobile phone. Or, how to pay permanent homage to your favourite band, shape or swear word, on your body.

What you’re about to do is make your own tattoo gun out of an electric toothbrush and a guitar string, and you need to remember one thing: sharing guitar strings is EXACTLY the same as sharing needles. Now, I used ‘The Google’ to get some written instructions, but in hindsight, it’s probably a good idea to use YouTube so you really get it right. This shit isn’t going to wash off in two weeks, or fade in two years. Trust me.

Most guns are built by sliding a guitar string through the eraser of a pacer pencil, and then putting the eraser onto the pin inside an electric toothbrush. This is what makes it move up and down. You then run the other end of the guitar string through the tip of the pacer pencil, and duct tape it all together. To make the ‘needle’ sharp, you need to cut it at a 45 degree angle. That part takes 10 minutes, it’s convincing your friends to make some really regrettable decisions that takes a little longer.