Yo. I'm an l.a. boy and I get all my tattoos at true tattoo in hollywood. The place is owned by clay decker and some amazing artist work there

yeah true is def the place to go. though im sure there are many great tattoo shops with less of a celebrity status, true's reputation is thru the roof. just dont go to high voltage. though they do great work, the prices are INSANE. im not a price shopper when it comes to tattoos, but i also dont appreciate price gouging just because a shop is as popular as god. given, true tattoo is no bargain basement shop, but theyre at least honestly priced. there is a difference between paying for what the work is worth (tattoos are often actually worth much more than what they cost artistically. you would pay much more for a good sized original fine art painting than you would for a fantastic tattoo) and paying for some celebrity "tattooer" to have custom rims on their car. not trying to be too harsh here, but PLEASE.

I never really figured true to have celebrity status. But there are also tons more shops. Spotlight tattoo on melrose is great too. Juan puente tattoos there and some other greats.

As far as high voltage goes. There are other tattooers that work there too that are not featured on any shows. Perhaps their prices are more friendly. Couldnt say for sure though

oh and another thing. Stay the hell away from Venice beach. I can't name one decent tattooer on the whole place. And those prices are way overboard anyway.