The roast desk
01FEATURED TAKES
The roasts worth printing.
The takes the editors pulled for the record — one rig, one voice, one clean hit each.
Lead take
Alright, let’s dive into this playground! The Ibanez RG550 paired with a Peavey 6505? That’s like putting a Ferrari engine in a family sedan—absolutely brilliant but then you go and slap a TS9 on there as your main boost? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a classic, but it’s like bringing a butter knife to a sword fight when you’ve got the 6505 ready for pure sonic devastation! Let that beast breathe a bit more and maybe consider chucking a more aggressive boost pedal in, like a Wampler Sovereign — show that RG550 what it’s really capable of!
Lead take
Alright, let’s dive into this playground! The Ibanez RG550 paired with a Peavey 6505? That’s like putting a Ferrari engine in a family sedan—absolutely brilliant but then you go and slap a TS9 on there as your main boost? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a classic, but it’s like bringing a butter knife to a sword fight when you’ve got the 6505 ready for pure sonic devastation! Let that beast breathe a bit more and maybe consider chucking a more aggressive boost pedal in, like a Wampler Sovereign — show that RG550 what it’s really capable of!
Alright, let’s dive into this playground! The Ibanez RG550 paired with a Peavey 6505? That’s like putting a Ferrari engine in a family sedan—absolutely brilliant but then you go and slap a TS9 on there as your main boost? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a classic, but it’s like bringing a butter knife to a sword fight when you’ve got the 6505 ready for pure sonic devastation! Let that beast breathe a bit more and maybe consider chucking a more aggressive boost pedal in, like a Wampler Sovereign — show that RG550 what it’s really capable of!