- NEWS FLASH - THE PROBLEM IS HERE. IT IS NOW AND IT IS REAL.

JUST GOT WORD THAT INTENZE INK, SKIN CANDY, STARBRIGHT, KUROSUMI, MOM'S MILLENIUM INKS - ALL ARE BEING SOLD IN SEARS...AS WELL AS TATTOO KITS GO TO SEARS.COM. AND THAT ANOTHER ART SUPPLY CHAIN IS SELLING SKIN CANDY TO THE PUBLIC. JUST WHAT WE'VE BELIEVED ALL THESE YEARS - THIS IS AN UNREGULATABLE INDUSTRY FULL OF EGO AND IGNORANCE. I REMEMBER BEING AT A CONVENTION IN HOUSTON...IT WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST EVER TATTOO CONVENTION. THE EGOS WERE ENORMOUS... THE ATTITUDES EVEN BIGGER. THIS OVER SHADOWED THE REAL REASON WE WERE ALL THERE.

OUR STANCE IS ONE OF EDUCATION, ONE OF BRINGING THE LEVEL OF TATTOOING UP, OF BRINGING EDUCATION TO ALL ARTISTS SO THAT WE CAN PURIFY THE INDUSTRY AND ELIMINATE COMPANIES WHO STEAL FROM US... SUPPLIERS WHO ARE IGNORANT... WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO... OR ABOUT THE PRODUCTS THEY SELL.

WAKE UP. IT'S REAL. IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY. WE HAD GOTTEN MAILS FROM SETH CIFERRI BEING UP IN ARMS AT US FOR WRITING OUR BOOK - 'TATTOO MACHINES AND THEIR SECRETS' - STATING THAT WE WERE "LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG ". FUNNY... I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS THE BAG... THIS ATTITUDE IS WHAT KEEPS ARTISTS IGNORANT. THIS IGNORANCE IS WHAT ALLOWS AND INVITES SUBSTANDARD MEDIOCRITY. JUST BECAUSE A TATTOO SUPPLIER IS SELLING TATTOO SUPPLIES DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE WORTH A SHIT.

ETHICS HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT...AND GUESS WHAT, IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE LET THE FOREIGN SUPPLIERS IN. THROUGH NOT BOTHERING TO CARE YOU ALLOW SUPPLIERS WHO SELL CHINESE SHIT - NEEDLES, MACHINES, IMITATION COLORS, BOOTLEG FRAMES.. AND ALL THEIR SUBSTANDARD GARBAGE INTO OUR INDUSTRY. THROUGH YOUR NOT CARING OR TAKING ACTION, YOU HAVE ALLOWED THIS MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY FALL INTO THE HANDS OF SUPPLIERS AND MANUFACTURERS WHO LEGITIMATELY DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT OUR TRADE.

MARIO BARTH... SELLING HIS INTENZE INK TO SEARS! HE WAS A TATTOOIST ONCE. MEDIOCRE AT BEST, HE NEEDED THE TRADE TO SURVIVE. NOW... HE HAS LIGHTED BILLBOARDS ALL OVER VEGAS... ON THE SIDES OF BILLION DOLLAR HOTELS, HE TOOTS HIS OWN HORN ABOUT BEING AN AWARD WINNER... AND NOW - HE HAS STABBED TATTOOING IN THE BACK. AND SO HAVE ALL OF THE OTHERS. WHO LET THIS HAPPEN?

THE INDUSTRY HAS DISCARDED IT'S OWN ETHICS. THE ARTISTS ARE SUPPORTING SUPPLIERS WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE ETHICS OF OUR TRADE. THESE SUPPLIERS SHOUD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SURVIVE, AND IF ANY OF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS, ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN.

ASK YOURSELVES - WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TODAY, AND EVERYDAY, TO DO MY PART TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

- DELETE ALL CHINA SPAM

- DO NOT BUY FROM SUPPLIERS WHO SELL IT

- EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON MACHINE FUNCTION

- GET RID OF YOUR EGOS

- TREAT CLIENTS WITH RESPECT - IT IS A CUSTOMER SERVICE JOB. THEY PAY YOUR BILLS.

- WRITE TO SEARS.COM AND STOP THIS INSULTING, AND DAMAGING CAMPAIGN.

- SPREAD THE WORD.

ACT OR DON'T. IF YOU DON'T THEN GET OUT OF OUR TRADE. WE DON'T NEED YOU.

COMPANIES DON'T SURVIVE IF YOU DON'T BUY THEIR MERCHANDISE.

THINK LONG AND HARD. STOP THINKING ABOUT YOUR TATTOO ARTIST COSTUMES, YOUR TATTOO ARTIST ROCK STAR STATUS & YOUR EGO... THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.

IF YOU DON'T BUY, THEY WON'T SUPPLY.

2012 - MARCH UPDATE.

by Steve Godoy

This last month at Godoy Machines, we have been busy as hell building new stock and doing tons or repairs on the substandard machinery we receive from artists. The general dissatisfaction with the current products that are available these days is really showing!! Machines and products which are built and sold by people who have no understanding about what they are doing or what they're selling, and who have no business in our business!

Godoy V2 machine.

SEE!! We told you so! Sooner or later it was bound to happen. IF YOU DO NOT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS, THEY CAN'T STAY IN BUSINESS. Simple. WE, all of us artists, as a collective CAN CONTROL OUR OWN INDUSTRY. WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN BUSINESS WHO ACTUALLY HELP US TO DO GREAT WORK, WHO CARE ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND ABOUT THE PRODUCTS WE USE TO DO OUR WORK.

by Art Godoy

We have also been cleaning house on suppliers who now no longer are allowed to carry our products. We have put in place, lists of conditions suppliers need to meet in order to be ALLOWED by us to carry our machines. If any suppliers cannot measure up, we don't sell to them. We are only a 2 man company, and as much as we'd like to have our machines available everywhere, we WILL NOT compromise our ethics at any price. When a certain supplier's representative told us, "I personally sold over 5 million dollars in tattoo supplies last year...I believe that a good product is a product that is readily available to the consumer." How can this attitude be positive in regulating and elevating the level of professionalism and quality of life for artists as well as their artwork? We ended any further discussion with that 'potential' supplier.

by Leonardo Rojas

His statement implies that "consumer" can be ANYONE!, and that the product is available to EVERYONE!! Back yard scribbler or not - they are consumers. He has no idea about what we need in 2012... ethics, professionalism and tools that actually facilitate the execution of every advanced technique necessary to achieve the desired results - effortlessly and confidently.

by Nakota Hedrick

An education on machine function should be mandatory for all artists. How can any artist pick up a machine without knowing how that specific machine will perform? When you cannot diagnose or predict the machine's function by looking at it's components and specifications? Most artists do not know what to look for! It's true!! A purchase based on aesthetics, based on Hype, based on name brands which have no credentials...What business do these artists have putting a permanent image on a client? REALLY.

EITHER WAY, WE'RE DOING OUR PART AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANKS ALSO TO OUR GLOBAL TEAM OF SPONSORED ARTISTS!!

NAKOTA HEDRICK, JUAN ARREGUIN, DAVID GARCIA, PABLO XNO, MANUEL SERVIN, EL MOVIES, REUSTER, DANIELLE OBEROSLER, PETE BELSON, JHON GUTTI, PAJO QUINTERO, LUIS OSORIO, LEONARDO ROJAS & LITTLE SWASTIKA! KEEP IT UP!!

GODOY MACHINES - SETTING STANDARDS, MOVING FORWARD AND LEAVING THE INCOMPETENTS IN THE DUST.

BUGA COLOMBIA!!! GODOY MACHINES TEAM.

Team manager and sponsored artist Pajo Juan Pablo Quintero (Colombia), Luis Osorio (Lima) and Jhon Gutti (Colombia)... all together at the Buga, Colombia tattoo convention representing Godoy Machines and showing how things should be done.

Great work by Pajo!!!

The judges!!! What an honor to be judged by awesome peers like these.

Freehand by Jhon Gutti.

GODOY MACHINES' GLOBAL REPUTATION IS MAINTAINED BY AN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TRUE PROFESSIONALS. THANKS TO : MR. PAJO, MR. GUTTI, AND MR. OSORIO!!!

MANUEL "MASTER" SERVIN - GODOY MACHINES PROFESSIONAL - FIRST PLACE BEST PORTRAIT MONTERREY N.L. CONVENTION!!!

A well deserved first place for Master... Great talent mixes with great technology to produce high quality work, effortlessly and intentionally. Shading with the Banana 1 model, 9 mag. Even smooth grey tones, dark solid even blacks...

Thanks Master for being part of our global take over.

This is the future. This can be your future.

Thank you to Valeria Saenz for the photos!!!

GODOY MACHINES - NO HAY NADA MEJOR....

Godoy Machines Expo Tattoo BUGA COLOMBIA!!

Pajo Juan Pablo Quintero- Godoy Machines Team manager for South America drew this fuckin AMAZING t-shirt design for the expo this weekend, they are available thru him!!!

This weekend March 16, 17, 18 he will be invading Buga Colombia for their annual tattoo expo. Along with him will be the super talented and well respected Jhon Gutti from Medellin, Colombia.

Jhon Gutti (far left) Pajo Juan Pablo Quintero (next to him on right) on the streets of Buga Colombia...

Here the two are letting everyone know exactly what they think.

Also on hand will be another Godoy Machines sponsored professional tattoo artist Luis Osorio from Lima Peru. Global takeover in process.

We are super stoked to have affiliations with these guys and wish we could be there to be a part of their successes!!

DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION PAYS OFF.

Godoy Machines-Innovation, Function and Direction.

WHO, WHAT AND WHY IS THE SUPERFLY???

New tattoo shops pop up all over the place...globally...scribblers or not, once the market is saturated, prospective new tattoo collectors could be baffled with all the choices..logic would tell anyone to "DO YOUR HOMEWORK !"...you do NOT wanna leave disappointed and disillusioned with something that doesn't wash off as easily as last nights guilty escapades...hmmm...

ANYHOW...Juan "Superfly" Arreguin...YES the Godoy Machines "Superfly" tattoo machine model is his...has opened a WINNER OF A SHOP in the city of LEON in the Mexican state of GUANAJUATO!!!

An escape for any tattoo collector who is choosy and demands perfection...this isn't a fly by night locale...You come here with a purpose you leave here with your dream embedded in your skin.

Juan "Superfly" Arreguin is an award winner, not limited by style, technique or genre...harboring a never ending river of creativity, style, professionalism and personality.

Yes this shop is SUPER, the tattoos he administers are SUPER !

The Godoy Machines "Superfly" is SUPER...

TO SEE HIS WORK AND TO GET IN CONTACT GO TO: www.superflytattoo.com or find him on facebook under juan arreguin.

HANA TEK - GODOY MACHINES PROFESSIONAL

Hana Tek is a great tattoo artist traveling between the USA and Australia these days. The flawless lines and the custom drawn art put her ahead of most. She has a natural ability that we saw in her years before she started tattooing.

I'm 27 years old and I've tattooed all over the world. I love everything about this job and you'll find me in the shop day and night. I will tattoo in any style, there are no limitations, and I pride my self on dynamic line work and never compromising on perfection or aesthetic - big beautiful saturated colour and lots of illustrative detail. I hate mediocrity. I hate complacency. I love Punk & I like painting glam rock lightening bolts on my face. I push boundaries. It's always a good time in my chair, even when I'm tattooing your ribs. The Godoys have helped me from day one throughout my career and I love using their machines because they reflect everything thats important to me and in tattooing. I make my own needles, my machines are tuned to perfection, and quality is NEVER a question. I know what I'm doing and I wanna do it to you. At the end of April you'll find me at Rites of Passage Convention in Melbourne, where I'm currently nominated in Australia's First Tattoo Industry Awards as Best Female Artist. Help me win it by voting online at the link below!

--- HANA TEK 2012

http://ritesofpassagefestival.com/australian-industry-awards/

GODOY MACHINES - MACHINES FOR GODS.

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WHAT IS GODOY MACHINES???

If we had to define Godoy Machines we would use the following words:

Education, Innovation, Function and Direction.

WHY THOSE?

Lets break down the industry into groups in order to better understand the motivation behind Godoy Machines.

*A Client who needs a tattoo, well done of course but they have no artistic ability nor knowledge of how tattooing works...pain factor, technique, machine function, sterilization proceedures, time it will take to apply, care instructions...WE HAVE TO CATER TO THEM, THEY FEED US...and REGARDLESS HOW MUCH THEY ANNOY YOU, THEY DESERVE THE BEST YOU CAN GIVE THEM.

-----We tattoo daily so we understand their insecurites and needs ...we were all clients once.

*Artists in need of products to apply the tattoo...artists of various technical and artistic levels are consumers...all of us are buying ink, needles tubes, machines and disposables/throw aways (paper towels, bandages, skin cleansers etc)...ALL THE WHILE RELYING ON THE SUPPLIER TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NECESSITIES TO APPLY THE TATTOO in an efficient, hygenic way...Some artists with all the blind faith in the world trust the suppliers to provide quality products such, especially MACHINES...Some artists are so egotistical that they will DENY any education regarding technique or machine function as they ignorantly raise their glasses to toast an obsolete generation of old men who may have "pioneered" the art of tattooing AND never advanced it. Education NEVER hurt anyone.

---------We tattoo daily and believe in the advancement of tattooing... artistically, socially, technically... with no limits.

tattoo by Steve

by Art

*Suppliers who PROVIDE all these "useful" things to artists YET have NO CLUE about machine function AND whose main goal is to pull in money in order to liquidate readily available hyped products with no regard for what defines true quality...sometimes taking back used machines covered in biohazard and replacing them with a new one due to their and the clients lack of knowledge pertaining to machine function. These people come in different levels aswell...the "kit salesmen", the businessman who buys cheap Chinese machines and re-sells them, the corporate distributor who sells every machine "brand" and doesn't realize that they all look alike and have the SAME components as eachother.

----We scrutinize all of our suppliers and have a long check list of demands and criteria they must follow in order to carry our machines...thats why Godoy Machines are hard to find in the mainstream industry...also thats why we have the best and highest quality innovative machines available to only professional tattoo artists.

*Machine manufacturers who

1-Don't tattoo, can barely tattoo or aren't artistically current enough to apply todays artistic demands onto skin.

2.Builders who copy eachother's recipies..derived from copying a guy who copied another guy who copied another guy...and so on for the last century...with no actual knowledge of each part assembled on the machine and its function...guided myths,superstitions AND misinformation.

3.Manufacturers/machinists who jump into this industry to profit...knowing that because its NOT REGULATED by the artists involved...they can sell to em...easy money.

It's impossible to regulate this entire industry BUT we can regulate ourselves by educating ourselves and spreading the knowledge and ethics behind what we do in order to avoid intruders selling us hyped machines or buying from egotistical "jump on the bandwagon no talent havin' machine building clowns" who truthfully are just happy that the machine makes a noise and the a-bar goes up and down....TRUTH IS: WITH MACHINE EDUCATION WE CAN BUY ANY MACHINE AND WITH SOME PRACTICE... REBUILD, RETUNE AND REFINE IT.

4.Ex tattoo artists with hyped up names whose low end products are being sold by non tattooed sales reps to tattoo artists...while they enjoy the money the hype brings em.

----We do not support hacks in tattooing nor in machine manufacturing...we do not buy the hype and do not name drop...we are for the people, we believe everyone has the right to machine education and do not buy into the old "secret society" machine thing...the thruth is THEY NEVER KNEW MACHINE FUNCTION and STILL DONT.

WHO ARE YOU GONNA SUPPORT AND WHERE DO YOU FIT IN??

Now...here's a little story of an encounter this past weekend at Musink Tattoo convention...

Sittin at the Godoy Machines booth...here come 3 guys interested in our machines...one guys TELLS me, just by looking at our machines in the class cases that they look like "whip shaders" or "color packers"...I asked "WHAT ? Are you SERIOUS???"...Realizing that i had to have EXTRA PATIENCE with this guy ...i calmed down to hear him out, if anything...for entertainment value...He had one arm sleeved with new below average stuff and nothing on any other visible part of his body...i would say he barely had 3-5 years in this business unlike Art and my 27 years each. This guy claimed to be a machine builder and tried hard to compare himself and put himself at OUR LEVEL...I had to laugh and put him in his place with science, physics and FACTS...Now...whats the moral here???

"COLOR PACKER" IS THE WORD TO HIDE BEHIND FOR A MACHINE BUILDER THAT HAS NO IDEA ON HOW TO ACHIEVE INCREMENTAL SENSITIVITY BETWEEN 0 AND 7... SO TURN IT UP, FORGET ABOUT FUNCTION AND PACK THAT COLOR.

There are a million clowns like him roaming around...preaching to anyone who will listen.

We all know there are tattoo artists of different artistic and experience levels out there as well as new ones comin into the industry every day...with or without apprenticeships.

Like it or not, to anyone NOT involved in tattooing, we are and will be associated with them.

So...here we are...between a rock and a hard place i would say...SO lets EDUCATE them AND ourselves in order to breed a new strong generation to stamp out the "old ignorant, irrelevant ego driven one"...sounds GOOD right???

Well...We here at Godoy Machines have laid out a business based on advancement of tattooing through INNOVATIONS on electromagnetic machines that will facilitate tattoo application and technique with Patented machine systems assembled and designed for true FUNCTION while promoting EDUACTION on this subject as WE wrote 'Tattoo Machines and Their Secrets' an industry text book available in various languages with countless benefits for any tattoo artist with little or no experience to master artists with many years under their belt ,who understand that technique and quality tattoo application comes directly from machine function...

WE teach seminars globally in order to better the industry!!!

Here we are in Italy - 140 people.

All this finally gives us our DIRECTION...

We keep innovating our machines, constantly improving their performance!! New components, features, advancements and designs... ALWAYS!!

WE teach true machine function with the ONLY TRULY EFFECTIVE SEMINAR OFFERED to ALL artists of ALL levels ALL over the world...We still tattoo AND understand an artists needs, therefore our customer service is unbeatable.

GODOY MACHINES- NOT for the substandard asshole.

THATS WHY.