Gerlt Technologies makes hundreds of customizable rack effects, at prices comparable to guitar pedals.  It's time to dump that pedal board and get Your Tone off the floor!

 

 What We Do

You know them as guitar pedals

We build them as rack effect modules you can customize to get Your Tone

Put several rack effect modules into a 3U rack enclosure

Connect power and audio on the back like guitar pedals, adding connections for remote switching

Add a remote footswitch unit to turn rack effects on and off

Add as many rack effect modules, enclosures, and third-party products as you like. Plug in your guitar and amp. Rock it! It's that simple.

 

Quick Hits:

  • Check out our GT Effects Overview to see why we do this

  • Check out our Compares To charts to see the full list of effects we offer

  • Follow the menus from Products, to Modules, to Modules By Type to get a list of our effect types.  Select any effect type to get a list of all our effects of that type.  Select any effect to get full information including pricing.

 

 

Hello Effects Fans!

Today the message is unpleasant.  After figuring how to deal with some of our government’s policy decisions for the past several years, I must finally admit defeat.  It is not feasible to continue operations with the latest round of policy changes.  As recently as a few days ago, I thought it might work out.  Then I was hit with business-ending tariff charges, with more to come.  To be clear, it isn’t just these new Trump tariffs that have beaten me.  Biden-era tariff changes and policies were also difficult to survive.  The cumulative effect is too much.  

As an entrepreneur I take calculated and managed risks.  Sometimes it works out, and sometimes I seem to be shooting at my own feet.  But I can’t survive an economic nuking from my own government.  It’s not just a political disagreement, or differing opinions, theories, or expectations.  It’s a matter of undisputed facts, real dollars.  Gerlt Technologies’ “Game Over” criteria were met this week as those facts became crystal-clear.  I don’t like politics and refuse to take part in it, so I’ll just leave it at that.

Gerlt Technologies will no longer take new orders for our effects.  We do still have our popular 3U Pedal Racks available until our inventory is depleted.  New tariffs on metals will make them too expensive to restock, so get ‘em while we’ve got ‘em!  I have a handful of new modules that I’ll be completing soon.  I’ll still announce them when they are finished, just ‘cause.  We were already contemplating thinning out some of our guitars, amps, pedals, and maybe some components and other gear that have somehow quietly filled up all our available space over the past several years.  We may add some listings for those on the site or perhaps on Reverb in the coming months.  Keep an eye on us if you are interested in some lightly used gear in great condition.  I expect and plan this shutdown to be permanent, but maybe I’ll pop up and take a look around in a couple of years if enough major changes take place in government policy after the mid-term elections.   

It has been a lot of fun!  I enjoyed meeting thousands of you along the way – always the best part of any adventure.  Thank you all, and all the best to you and yours!

Bill Gerlt

President, Gerlt Technologies

26 August, 2025

 

New Startup Bundle #2

Published: 06 November 2018 06 November 2018

In October we introduced our first "startup bundle", Startup Bundle #1 which included "all the other stuff" you need besides the effects modules to start your configuration.  Today we are announcing a second startup bundle configuration at a lower price primarily for those that use a smaller number of effects.

Startup Bundle #2 is similar to Startup Bundle #1, except:

It also includes:

This bundle is geared toward those that don't use as many effects and can get by with one or more of the 3-Button Footswitches instead of the 12-Button Footswitch.  By combining the Guitar and Amp Pass Thrus into our new In/Out Pass Thru, we also take out a module and leave another 1" of usable space in the enclosure.  Many players don't need more than three connections for guitars and amps and can get by with the single module.  You'll just need to make sure that one of your effect modules is configured for the right wing position.

By changing footswitches and removing a module, we are also able to significantly lower the price of this bundle to $689.  Check out the details and options at Startup Bundle #2

We have also added an option for the In/Out Pass Thru on Startup Bundle #1, which provides a slight price break on the price for that bundle, too.

We have some more "Footswitch News" coming soon.  We're just waiting to receive some new parts to make sure we have all the manufacturing right before we announce it, which should be later this month... !!!