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

 

Wrap-Up From 2019 DIGF

Published: 05 May 2019 05 May 2019

Dallas – y’all rocked!

My thanks to all our new friends and acquaintances who stopped by to see what we had going on in the Gerlt Technologies booth this weekend. I know it’s a daunting stack of gear when we have around 200 modules hooked up, but as you now know it’s actually really simple and you guys got it right away. I appreciate every one of you taking the time to let us tell you about it.

We had a great time with you. Even before the show opened, lots of people were checking out the Big Stack, including Phil X (www.facebook.com/therealphilx) who stopped by to see what we were up to. All through the weekend we were treated to some tasty riffing, including an impromptu show Sunday evening from local player and all-around good dude, Paul VHGuy (www.facebook.com/paul.defrancisco.5). If you get a chance to see him and his bandmates, do it! I think he has more material on tap than an FM radio station and all the chops to pull it off properly!

I know a number of you are headed to the website. Like the Big Stack, the website can be a bit overwhelming at first sight. If you have any questions or comments, just drop me a line and I’m happy to help out. Yeah, we need to get some demo videos out there – we’ll be working on that pretty soon. I know a lot of you were able to try out or hear some of our effects during the show. Thanks for all the kind words about the sound. The good tone grins and eye pops are among our favorite compliments – and a righteous riff is worth a thousand words!

Follow us on Facebook for future show and new product announcements. We don’t post that much, so the “noise level” is low. In fact, it may be a bit quiet for a while as we do some detailed planning, R&D, and website work into and through the summer in our “spare time”. More and Better will be the results!

Cheers,

Bill

(Check out our pictures from the DIGF on our Facebook page, May 2019)