Jesús Bellido
Jesús Manuel López-Bellido y Martín

I was born in year 1966 into a family of craftsman dedicated to building the finest spanish guitars.
My professional apprenticeship started at the age of thirteen in my father´s workshop. Later, I went to University where I got two degrees.
I was seventeen when I made and sold my first guitar.
I was employed by the Andalucian Government from 1989 to 1995 as a teacher for the new apprentice in making guitars.
In 1995 I decide to dedicate myself to my own profession, in Cenes de la Vega, Granada I start my own workshop.
In 1999 I went back to my father´s workshop working together as we did in the past.Throughout these years I participated in many exhibits, conferences,demonstrations , also radio and tv programs. In 2001 and 2002 I was selected to represent Spain for the "Leonardo da Vinci Project" for the European Comunity, in Colon (Germany).

From a technical point of view, I have been working with the three system of guitar construction, with several personal modifications to serve my needs. Today, I work
with two systems, the traditional spanish one, and a combining luthier-tecnic.