In 1996 Zvonko Suhodolcan (Zvonch) started to build amplifiers, guitar pedals and effects for himself, for his friends and for people who wanted small custom designs. . Zvonch started development of the V-1 back in 2009 and when the V-1 was released in 2011, he was producing the V-1 pedals in a very small room at his family home. in 2014 he expanded DryBell and moved to their current workshop in Krapina, Croatia. The company now has a core team of 5 and several other supporting workers.