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Hey man. I had one of the original hypers and couldn't get on with it for lining. I've got a bizarre now, which are supposed to be better for lining than the hypers, but I'm not keen on that either so still use coils for all my line work...

In fact over the years I've found a lot of people stick to coils for lining.

When Joe Capobianco got his Stigmas I asked him how he got on with lining and he said he found he had to run it quite quick.. just over 9v I think he said, move quite slow and ride the tube a lot more than he would normally.

I personally prefer a soft hitting long throw liner so guess a rotary is never going to sit right for me and I've not bothered trying it again.

I would never part with my stigmas though. I don't use anything else for colouring and shading and it's been like that for a couple of years now. :)

you tattoo, but your not while you are in art school??? wtf
you like, part time or something?

i've taken 2 years of for developing my style and my painting as much as i can. And during this period im only going to go to my home town 1-2 times every month to tattoo, whats your fucking problem man?

I like the Stigma Hyper for lining, I actually like it a lot, if you look at my newer work I have been lining a lot more than usual, although the lines might not be extremely visible, they are there. But more often then not you will hear guys saying stick with coils for lining,but its all preference.

thanks for the reply Mike!
when it comes to numbers and stuff, do you increase voltage for lining? and do you run it stiff (give screw) or loose?

thanks again man, you rawk! : )

I normally will increase the voltage a little bit, and i don't mess with the screw in the back to often, I keep it it unscrewed a couple turns and I keep it that way for everything.