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Visual Sound LLC
Visual Sound LLC is a guitar effects pedal and power supply company created in 1995 by Bob Weil. The company was launched with the production of the Visual Volume® pedal, the first of it's kind to have a visual LED display. Several effects pedals have been released since the inception of the company, including the Route 66, Jekyll & Hyde, and H2O. The company is most famous for its 1 SPOT® power supply and convertor accessories. Visual Sound is based just south of Nashville in Spring Hill, TN.

History
Back in 1988, Bob Weil (the owner and president of Visual Sound) became frustrated with his Ernie Ball volume pedal. The pedal did not have a 0-10 reference scale, similar to ones found on amps, stereos, etc. After scouring the market for a volume pedal with a visual reference, Weil had found nothing. Determined to make his own "visual volume" pedal, Weil went to the library to teach himself the basics of electrical engineering. With a business degree, no knowledge of how electronics work, and no internet, it took him years to create a prototype. In 1995, Weil attended the NAMM music trade show in Anaheim, CA with the goal of showing the pedal to whoever was interested.

In order to fine tune his choppy electrical skills, Weil employed the use of the early internet and website Geofex.com. GeoFex was run by a man named R.G. Keen, who at the time was working for IBM. Weil and Keen collaborated on the technical side when Weil came up with new product ideas. The second pedal from Visual Sound was the Jekyll and Hyde, which debuted in 1997. Still in small production mode, Weil and his wife made the first 100 Jekyll and Hydes on their kitchen table. . The Route 66 followed in 1999 and the H2O in 2001. All three of these pedals were created as "2 in 1" pedals that pair commonly used effects into one housing. In 2005, Weil re-introduced the Visual Volume® pedal in a new 10th anniversary housing with updates on the old circuitry. When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, Weil created a line of low cost, high quality pedals called Garage Tone. The line consists of five pedals with simple aesthetics and only one effect, branching away from the "2 in 1" model. In 2007, the V2 series re-introduced the Route 66, Jekyll and Hyde, and H2O in new housings with upgrades to the circuitry. It also introduced more one effect pedals that were previously only found in the "2 in 1" pedals. In 2014, Weil began re-amping the original trio of pedals again, this time in more traditional rectangular housings. The H2O and Route 66 are, so far, the only two on the market. They are accompanied by a new dual overdrive pedal, the V3 XO, and two new delay pedals, the Tap Delay (Single) and Dual Tap Delay.

Pedal Series
The original pedals
 * Visual Volume
 * Jekyll and Hyde
 * Route 66
 * H2O

V2 Series
 * Jekyll and Hyde
 * Route 66
 * H2O
 * Double Trouble
 * Comp 66
 * Open Road
 * Son of Hyde
 * Route 808
 * Truetone
 * Angry Fuzz
 * Liquid Chorus
 * Vans Warped Distortion

V3 Series
 * V3 H2O
 * VS-XO
 * V3 Route 66
 * Dual Tap Delay
 * Tap Delay (Single)