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

The Vintage Purist
Ah, the Fender American Strat through a Neural DSP Quad Cortex—what a shameful mismatch! It's like bringing a flamethrower to a candlelit dinner; the pristine tones of that Strat are just begging to be unleashed through a classic 1962 tweed Deluxe, not buried under digital algorithms. And no pedals? C'mon! Even a basic wah would have a better chance of sparking some character than that soulless, modern contraption!

Lead take

The Vintage Purist
Ah, the Fender American Strat through a Neural DSP Quad Cortex—what a shameful mismatch! It's like bringing a flamethrower to a candlelit dinner; the pristine tones of that Strat are just begging to be unleashed through a classic 1962 tweed Deluxe, not buried under digital algorithms. And no pedals? C'mon! Even a basic wah would have a better chance of sparking some character than that soulless, modern contraption!
Ah, the Fender American Strat through a Neural DSP Quad Cortex—what a shameful mismatch! It's like bringing a flamethrower to a candlelit dinner; the pristine tones of that Strat are just begging to be unleashed through a classic 1962 tweed Deluxe, not buried under digital algorithms. And no pedals? C'mon! Even a basic wah would have a better chance of sparking some character than that soulless, modern contraption!