Paul Dean

I actually had an e-mail from a man who talked to Paul Dean after a recent Loverboy concert where he mentions using this - but I can't find it anymore for some reason. Paul Dean I'm sure like most guitarists from the 1980's had a Rack Rig somewhere hidden backstage and unlike other guitarists of the time there's not a lot about it. Apparently also his fellow Canadian Alex Lifeson from RUSH used these during Permanant Waves as well. However, I found it referenced on a forum elsewhere. - here's the Excript....

(POST) Loft 450 Delay/Flanger

This unit is my personal favorite.

The flange is very thick and rich like the Tycho unit. It also has great delay and chorus as well. There is a slave jack to run 2 units together for true stereo or through zero flanging.

Alex Lifeson used these units in the studio during "Permanant Waves" and then added them to his rack where they remained through the "Power Windows" tour. They are also a favorite of Paul Dean from Loverboy. (END OF POST)

Paul Dean had a very distinctive flanger sound ("When It's Over", "Gangs in the Street", "Prime of your Life") that has been incredibly difficult to replicate. That's because he uses a rackmount studio effects processor to do it - the Loft 450G Delay Line Flanger.

Paul used a Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo as a preamp for one of his Marshall amps on the 2nd Loverboy album, and he seems to have used this sound on other songs as well.

Excript from Interview provided as proof below.

What about the raspy sound on "Take Me To The Top"?

On that I used a guitar that was one of the first prototypes to my Dean Machine; it's got Seymour Duncan Vintage Staggered Strat Pick-ups. I used a Marshall amp with the preamp taken out and replaced with a Roland Chorus Echo.