Hello Effects Fans!

It seems like time for another update, but not much has changed.  The supply chain problems continue to make parts unavailable and there is no particularly believable plan or timeframe I know of for these problems to be resolved anytime soon.  Perhaps early next year?  Perhaps not? 

We lost another supplier that has been supplying boards to us for several years.  Luckily, there are other suppliers that can make our boards and we’re in the process of switching to one of them.  We’ll have to go through a testing and validation process with the new supplier to make sure there are no technical glitches in getting our specs to them and that their results will meet our quality standards.  This takes some time, but we should have that resolved before parts become available.

I’m concerned that more parts may become unavailable if the supply chain problems continue.  Available stocks are being depleted.  I’m also concerned that demand for dwindling supplies, as well as the increasing cost of energy and transportation, along with high inflation, will force us to have to raise prices to cover the increased costs.  Shipping costs have always been an issue, but are now often higher than the cost of the items being shipped.  That represents a significant overall cost increase.  If you’ve been following us, you know that providing the best selection of the best rack effects is our mission.  But you will also have seen our frequent use of the word “affordable” in our objective.  It’s not difficult to make expensive things that few can afford.  We want our rack effects to cost no more than pedals, less when possible.  We’re nearly there and will do everything we can to avoid going backwards.

While the outlook is not what I would like, it’s not all doom and gloom!  I don’t idle well.  I run best near the red line!  To that end, I dug through the R&D backlog and knocked out another 10 – 20 new module configurations.  I know I shouldn’t be doing that right now, but who can sit around and do nothing for this long?  Not me!  Many of these are what you might call “new classics”.  If you consider the “classics” as being those ground-breaking effects of the 60’s and 70’s, these new classics are mostly from the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s.  There were a lot of great effects released in that timeframe and these will make very nice additions to some thin spots in our offering.  With these new modules, the number of effects we “compare to” in our offering will be over 350.  That is *a lot* of effects to choose from, all in rack format and built by hand here in Dallas to suit your needs.

That’s it for now.  I probably won’t send another update until after the holidays, when hopefully parts will become available and there will be more interesting news to report.  Until then, all the best to you and yours through the upcoming holiday season, and thank you for your continued interest in the world’s best selection of the best and most affordable rack effects available!  

Cheers,

Bill Gerlt

President, Gerlt Technologies

Dallas, Texas

14 November, 2021

 

 

Gerlt Technologies makes hundreds of customizable rack effects, at prices comparable to regular 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.

 

December 2019 Update and Holiday Hours

Published: 16 December 2019 16 December 2019

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

We want to extend our best wishes to all our friends and family for a safe and happy holiday season. 2019 has been a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to even more in 2020!

We’re going to be on “holiday time” until January, so expect delays in Customer Support response times until then.

This time of the year tends to get hectic with holiday parties, social and family events, and the inevitable year-end crunch to complete 2019 goals. That’s certainly true here at GT. The past couple of weeks have been very productive. We’ve had several new modules almost ready for some time, and were finally able finish them up. You probably already saw the announcements for our Warthog and Black Pearl modules. We also finished up an overdrive/distortion, a flanger, another chorus, and a phaser. We have an original design bass module that we just couldn’t quite get finished before the holidays, so it is slipping into Q1. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for announcements about all these new modules, beginning in January.

Between soldering sessions, we were able to get three more new module designs ready for board manufacturing. They include a Swedish-style metal distortion module in a couple of different configurations, a sweet pre-amp tone enhancer that might become one of your “always on” effects, and a very good flanger. We also dug up an old vintage drive pedal that needs to be revived. Not sure why we haven’t built this one before, it’s great. We should have the design completed and boards ready in Q1 along with these other three.

Q1 and Q2 will likely see a shift of focus from new modules to working on our website. With around 230 different modules comparing to some 260+ pedals, and another 8-10 on the way, we think we can take a short break. We’ve needed to improve the website for some time, but seem to always find something, well, more fun to do. I think this time we’ll actually do it. There is some missing and messy content that needs attention. We’re also hoping to at least get a start on demo videos. As you might imagine, with some 230 modules, getting demo videos together is a gigantic task. But the job never started is the one that takes the longest to complete, so time to get crackin’!

That’s where we’re headed for the next weeks and months. We’ll provide updates along the way.

Cheers,

Bill