Copper Coffin Tattoo & Body Piercing

Freddy is amazing, very talented artist!!! He did a cover up on my hip and it looks amazing!!! This is the place to go for tattoos and piercings, these guys are the best!!!

Copper Coffin Tattoo is amazing. And I’m not using that word cavalierly. I am amazed every morning that I wake up, shower, and look at my tattoo. I love everything about it.
I’ve known Alex and his work for awhile now. He did my first tattoo more than 10 years ago, and I had a wonderful experience. So for my second tattoo I knew I wanted to go to Alex again. I came in with an idea based on some old photographs of South American spirits. I had a vague idea of what I wanted, but I also wanted Alex’s feedback as to what would look the best. He came up with a design, which I fell in love with, and then went to work.
I expected with the size of the piece that I’d be in the chair for a long, long time. But Alex had me in and out in under 4 hours. The whole time he was great at checking in and making sure I was ok. We took a couple breaks when I needed to get up, but for the most part he powered through, totally focused on the piece.
What strikes me, and everyone I show the tattoo to is how amazing the shading is. Alex is not just a pro, but a really great artist. The detail is amazing. I had no idea that a tattoo could look so detailed and cool. I will definitely be back, and in my opinion Copper Coffin is the best tattoo shop around.

Got some writing on my ribs (only God can judge me) by artist Daisy she was great very friendly answered all my questions too. I will definitely be back to get some more work done by her. Found my go to tattoo artist.

Sorry to say, this WORST shop i have ever been to in my entire life! I don’t know what is worse, the racist employees or the low quality and over priced tattoo work. I went in with a friend of mine and we could over hear the guys in back talk really HORRIBLE about «black people» and «mexican people». Not to mention all the swazi’s on the walls that they deny are for racist meaning. To make matter more insulting, there was an older artist guy in there refering to his client as «slut»! They also claimed the people in this area are the worst and how they hate everyone around here. And when it came down to the tattoo, the artist charged so much money for a low quality tattoo, in which after it was done the artist tried so hard to convince my friend of how awesome the new ink was. I can understand paying good money for good quality work. But this was just mediocre talent for a beginner. Last but not least when i asked to use the restroom i got ignored, untill i asked again and got the rudest attitude, and when i finally got to the restroom, the tiolet had pee on the seat and the was no toilet paper. I wouldn’t ever go back to this place or recommend it to anyone. Consider it deeply!

Jimmy Vinnie Todd and Daisy are amazing! Alex isnt

I got my nose pierced here today and was so nervous and prone to fainting! Todd did such a good job!!! 12 hours later and I still feel no pain. Definitely recommend!

I had my nose pierced by someone else and it wasn’t healing correctly. It was to small and to tight on my nose. I called and spoke to Todd and he was amazing. I went down there and he fixed it right up and before I even left my nose felt 100% better! He even took the time to go over the whole cleaning process with me and made sure I was 100% satisfied before I left! Customer service was amazing and very very clean!!! This is the place to go and Todd, thank you very much!!!

Awsome artists and peircer. Ive had bad experiences with tattoos and piercings at other shops but these guys are friendly and talented. Todd has done my tragus piercing and recently fixed a bad nose piercing a local pismo shop initially started, and jimmy did a beautiful coi fish cover up on my foot. all the artists have been very patient and answer any questions I have. Only place I will go for any ink or peircings :)

Copper coffin is chill as f*** I had an old piece done 7 years ago and Jimmy coffin was able to cover it up with just what I wanted! Go to copper coffin! You won’t regret it!

Went in for a septum piercing today. Todd did a great job, no real pain, quick and easy, and clearly had a great knowledge of the aftercare. :) would go again for my industrial! Loved that they had a Pandora station for the black keys lol.

These guys are amazing, especially Todd. He worked with me for quite awhile on my tattoo which was tiny and not in a usual place. He was extremely patient and provided the best in care and service… And I tot love my tat too. Plus he did a great job on a piercing after. Thankie!
PS– Stopped in the next day at lunch break and the multi talented Todd did another piercing in like 2 min flat. Quick and easy, and just how I wanted it. Thanks!

Copper coffin is nothing but 5 stars. My friends and I wanted to get tattoos so we happened to walk in the other night and we were greeted by Robert how totally made or night he was really fun to talk to and he watched over us when we would step out side because they aren’t in the best part of town. Daisy did one of my friend’s first tattoos and she was so nice and calm with my friend. Jimmy tattooed myself and my other friend. His work is honestly the best I have ever seen I got cherry blossoms on my foot and he free handed we wanted to time him and he completed my tattoo in less than 11 minutes. Because we were walk ins we stay at the shop for a while however everyone in the shop made you feel like you were right at home. Matt if you see this you owe my one more smile. Robert please keep our bottle we gifted the shop there because we will return for more work when we make it down to that area again. Again I can not say enough good things about this place.

My kid wanted her ears pierced but she wanted it done by needle instead of a gun. The guy at Copper Coffin was really nice and professional. He treated her kindly without being condescending. We were given thorough care instructions and it was a great experience all around. All of the staff were great and they made us feel very welcome and comfortable.

I would like nothing better than to write a five star review, because I have seen other tattoos done here and most of them were amazing. Unfortunately, my experience (or rather, my girlfriend’s) was less than 5 star. I am only giving the third star because the employees (most of them) were so cool. As for her tattoo, it’s strictly two star.
She doesn’t plan to write a review, but I am. Let it be known that she is a sweet, patient person who always tries to think the best of everyone, since I met her in college. She had a late in the day tattoo, got there on time. Jimmy was working on someone still which was fine, pretty standard at tattoo parlors.
She ended up waiting over three hours, patiently chatting with the other friendly employees and clients, because it took that long for Jimmy to get to her-​between his doing her drawing, his taking numerous cigarette breaks and chatting with people. Then he got impatient with HER after he brought the first draft out after several hours and she noticed some fixes and changes she wanted to make-​also standard with tattoos. He had another appointment coming up in about an hour and a half, so he RUSHED through her tattoo. She was in SO much pain, I could see her almost crying, and she’s not one to cry from pain. And this was on a not-​so-​sensitive part of her leg, not near her foot or anything.
As it turned out, she had a ton of scabbing (even weeks later) and will probably have scarring. He was also REALLY heavy handed with the color. I will say the picture was pretty enough, nice detail, but the words were a mess, run together and uneven.
I showed pictures of her tat to my artist, and he was flabbergasted, said he had never seen such a poorly drawn and badly technically/​mechanically done tattoo, and he’s known Jimmy for years. He didn’t believe it was Jimmy’s work until I showed a picture I took of him doing the tattoo. She is afraid to go back to complain, so will be going to my guy, who she’s seen before.
So. I don’t know what to tell you. I wish I could write a better review. Jimmy was having a bad day maybe? He seemed very grouchy. I saw Vinny doing a tattoo and his was awesome too. Todd did some amazing piercings.
The guys assured me when I made the appointment for my girlfriend that she could count on a work of art from Jimmy. Well, it’s the work of a talented high school artist maybe. Not someone who has been doing it over 20 years. But don’t let my review keep you from going here, since I seem to be in the minority. Just making it known that all is not always apple pie here.
UPDATE 5÷14÷14: My girlfriend is annoyed I am using her account to write this review, but I have to say this. She saw a dermatologist AND an impartial tattoo shop (3 artists) and they were appalled at the quality of the tattoo. She went to the doctor because it is still peeling after over a month (her others healed within a couple weeks), and looks stretchy and shiny like a burn. They all said the same thing-​it could take 3 – 4 months for this «artwork» to fully heal. I’m sorry to the nice guys and gals at the shop, you were really cool, but this is just bad bad bad. I’m taking a star off. The prettiness of the picture was not worth this trauma to her poor leg!

I’ve gotten three tattoos from this place, two of them significant pieces. This is the best place to go in Santa Maria for a quality tattoo. The pricing is very reasonable for the quality of art that goes on your body. It isn’t cheap, but they certainly give you a solid deal for top work.
Jimmy and the staff have been extremely flexible, helpful, and friendly every time I have gone here. Expect a great atmosphere when you get your tattoo done. The staff has been very receptive to my input and always offers a lot of valuable input for a piece. Ultimately I have been very happy with what I have paid for.
As far as I’m concerned with tattoos, the only thing that matters is the quality of work. The Copper Coffin puts out some very quality work.

Fantastic job! Me and my fiancé got tattoos here at the same time. He did a chest piece for me and a cover up for her and they both came out fantastic. The best part is I work 6 days a week and he was off but still told us to come in and everyone here was amazing. Would recommend this place if you need to feel comfortable with a artist. This is the only man that has actually traveled the world to better his tattoo skills which are completely flawless. 10 star the artist if I could.

Great tattoo shop especially the service they provide. Got my first tattoo here and hope to get some more.

Love this place! Can’t say enough good things about the artist here. My husband has been going to Jimmy, the owner of the shop, for almost a year and all the work has been phenomenal. He originally went in to add on to a piece he already had, but now the both have come up with two more separate leg sleeves.
I finally sat down in his chair this past Thursday and he was really patient with me, (I can be a little hard on the nerves when I’m nervous). Took his time and made sure I liked the placing.
It’s a shame he’s thinking about closing the shop, the central coast will be losing a talented artist.
Now for the particulars, yes the shop is clean and they open everything right in front of you like they are supposed to. Just be prepared for the décor, Jimmy is a BIG history buff and his decorating style expresses clearly.

If you got a perfect tattoo by an award winning artist in this town, then this is where you went. Period.

I went in to have my nose piercing replaced by Jay Dee. He is super nice and helpful and did a great job.
Just a reminder– cash only. My brother had to run to the ATM for me. Whoops!