Tattoo guns are the essential equipment for every tattoo artist out there. Learning how to operate and use the tattoo gun is the ultimate challenge for rising tattoo artists as well. If you’re tattooing yourself, you probably know that tattoo guns aren’t as simple as they seem to be.

There are all these kinds of needles tattoo artists use to create different shading, patterns, and overall tattoo designs. This means that, first of all, tattoo guns have more than one needle (for those who are not familiar), and every one of those needles serves a different purpose. Tattoo artists can’t use the same needles for tattoo outlining and tattoo coloring, for example.

So, if you’re new to tattooing, or you simply want to be informed about this interesting topic, you’re at the right place. In the following paragraphs, we’ll talk about tattoo needles and how many there are. So, let’s get right into it!

How Many Needles Are There In a Tattoo Gun?

Let’s just start by stating the obvious; there is never a single needle in a tattoo gun. There are always multiple, tiny needles organized in such a way to create the best effects and provide the best reliability during the very tattooing process, depending on the type of lines, or color shading the tattooist is trying to execute.

Tattoo needles come in groups, and each type of needle group has a different code, used to make the tattoo work a lot easier and more organized. The code also showcases the type of needles, their organization in the group, the effect they’re providing, and so much more. Let’s learn more about it in the following paragraphs.

Needle Codes

Needle codes are the letters found at the end of a needle. The letters refer to the grouping of the needle, the diameter, as well as the effect the needle provides. So, what kind of needle codes do we have?