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!

My goodness – September is slipping away!  What happened to July and August?!?  Soon the boys of summer will be gone and it will be time to wake up Billie Joe. 

I’ve unplugged my iron and am headed off to my island retreat.  This is planned to be a lengthy time away in order to better align my schedule here and there.  While I’m away, I’m still available to configure orders to be built upon my return.  No deposits will be necessary until just before I return and start building again.  We’ll figure out all the details and hold your place in the queue until then.  Of course, non-build items, such as the popular 3U Pedal Rack, can still be ordered and shipped while I’m away.  They are available directly from us and we have a few listed at Reverb.com – just search for “Gerlt”.

We introduced several great new modules this summer.  Several more are also completed.  I just need to get them up on the website and announce them.  You’ll see them as I complete those webpages.  Some additional modules are also in the design and prototype stages.  Some of these are effects I’ve put off for a while because they require unusual or specialty parts.  It’ll take a while for me to sort those out, evaluate new types of parts, design boards for them, select vendors, etc, but they are progressing nicely.

I am also developing a plan to reorganize some of the information at the website.  Some of it would benefit from better organization and presentation, untangling some topics that are mixed together, and generally streamlining it a bit.  I’ll see if I can make some progress on that between Mai Tais, but we need to be realistic here…

That’s it for now.  To get your custom rack setup configured, priced, and queued, just drop me an email at our Support email address.  While the array of options and choices may seem intimidating, it’s actually not difficult to get through.  The modules sound great without any extra options or configs at all, and most of the best options are easy to understand. 

All the best,

Bill Gerlt

President, Gerlt Technologies

Dallas, Texas

19 September, 2024

 


 

 

Hello, Effects Fans!

Today we announce our new Brick Boost module.  The Brick Boost compares to the Pete Cornish ST-2 boost.  Pete Cornish built one into David Gilmour's custom pedal board that was used for The Wall.  It is almost a direct clone of the Colorsound Power Boost, but with some enhancements.  David Gilmour has used the Power Boost for decades to produce his signature singing, fuzzy, overdrive tone.  If you've been using a Power Boost to get those Wall tones but you aren't quite there, this may be that little nudge that helps close the gap.

The Brick Boost has the extra buffer, an extra gain stage, and some slight parts changes that set the ST-2 apart from the original Power Boost.  The original Power Boost ran at 18V, providing loads of clean boost.  The ST-2 and Brick Boost run at 9V.  That greatly reduces the headroom, which should lead to earlier breakup and a bit more grit.  The extra gain stage that is added should also contribute to a bit more dirt at lower volumes.  In addition to the Brick Boost, we already have our Color Bomb, which compares to the original Power Boost, as well as our Color Drive, which compares to the closely related Colorsound Overdriver.  The Color Driive also runs at 9V, but doesn't have the extra gain stage of the Brick Boost.

You can see more details about our Brick Boost module at: Brick Boost.  Or look for it in the Boost Modules section under Products -> Modules -> Modules By Type.