XIX tech is a boutique guitar and bass effects builder based in Akademgorodok, Siberia. The company focuses on pedalboard-friendly effects housed in lightweight bent-metal enclosures, using soft footswitches with clickless electromagnetic relay true bypass.

Their catalog is small and distortion-focused. The HMD-1 is a take on the Boss HM-2 formula aimed at the Swedish death metal sound, with enough low-end to hold up for bass. The BFZ-1 is an octave fuzz with a clean blend. Products are sold direct and through the used market on sites like Reverb.

XIX-Tech has 1 product cataloged on Equipboard, including Distortion Effects Pedals.