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 Module: Tres Hombres

Published: 23 October 2024 23 October 2024

 

 

Hello, Effects Fans!

Today we announce our new Tres Hombres overdrive module. The Tres Hombres compares to the Hermida / Love Pedal Dover Drive.  Is it possible to capture the tone of Eric Johnson, Billy Gibbons, and David Gilmour in a single box as they intended?  Well, maybe.  It would have to be a pretty big box to hold all three of those guys and their gear, since that's what it would take.  But all three of those players, and many others, share a common element.  They build around that smooth, ripping, fuzzy, overdrive sound that is instantly recognizable.  It should be no surprise to find out that this circuit is essentially two effects, a Fuzz Face circuit stacked into a Zendrive overdrive circuit.  Those artists have been known to do almost exactly that, varying the exact overdrive portion a bit.  It works out well and really does capture that core tone.  The Dover Drive leaves out some of the controls you might expect to find in a Fuzz Face running into some overdrive circuit.  We offer those missing controls as options to give you much more control over the gain and tone in the circuit.  The original is a bit of a one-trick pony by design, but it is a really good trick that doesn't wear thin.  With the extra controls, there are more options to change it up a bit.  The extra controls aren't necessary, but to paraphrase Mae West, too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

 

Check it out at:  Tres Hombres or look for it in the Overdrive Modules section under Products -> Modules -> Modules By Type at www.gerlttechnologies.com.