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

 

Dallas International Guitar Festival, 2020

Published: 27 February 2020 27 February 2020

Hey, DFW!!!!  It’s coming soon!  The 2020 Dallas International Guitar Festival is Friday – Sunday, May 1 -3, at Market Hall.  You know what I’m talking about – loads and loads of guitars, amps, and everything guitar-related, along with great international and local bands all-day, every day!  It’s always a fun time, not to mention a good place to find that piece of new or vintage gear you know you need!

As you’ve probably already guessed, Gerlt Technologies will be there again this year.  Come by and try out our “Big Stack” of affordable, custom rack effects.  We’re still configuring our demo setups for the show, but we normally have about 175 – 200 different hand-built rack effect modules in our booth for you to try out.  We have several new ones that were released since the last DIGF, or even since the Ft Worth Guitar Show last October.  We aren’t there to twist your arm or put a hard-sell pitch on you, so relax and give them a try.  We’ll explain what we have and how it works, then plug you in so you can hear why we enjoy the opportunity to show-off a little.

We know it is hard to believe “affordable” and “custom rack effects” could be mentioned in the same breath, but it’s true.  Our module pricing is about the same as pricing for comparable pedals.  Check out the details, including pricing,  on the pages for each of our modules.  Compares To is a good starting point.  Follow us on Facebook “GerltTechnologies” to get occasional news updates like the ones you’ll see on our Facebook page.

Here's the link for DIGF:  www.guitarshow.com

See y'all there!