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Later, he became partners with Antonio Marin Montero and
their instruments were signed by both, Montero-Bellido. After leaving Montero
to establish his own workshop, his were signed Manuel López Bellido
and Manuel Bellido as it is today.
If we look at his guitars from a tecnical point of view, we can find a great
complex dominion of all skills and tecnics , combining his complex studies
, investigating and implementing inovative ideas in`his unique way of craftmanship.
Some of his innovations on the guitar are: double backs, tops and sides, mixing
different kinds of woods to create new sounds. A very inquisitive mind like
his, has made him a non stop investigator.
In his workshop we can find home made tools designed to improve the construction
and the sound.
The list of the many instruments he had made are: flamenco and classical guitar;
bass; seven,
eight and ten string guitars;spanish -lute ; renaissance and barroque lutes;
tiples; charangos;
requintos and many more...
He has done restorations on historical instruments.
From the esthetic point of view , his instruments not only stand out for the
ornamental richness and their elegance, but for their sound the ultimate goal
of a good guitar.
He is known by many professionals as one of the most important guitarmakers
of Spain and the world.
1. Rioja, Eusebio. Inventario de guitarreros granadinos,
`Y es que D. Manuel es otro de los que entienden el trabajo como un arte.
Es de los que necesitan estudiar, investigar, probar,experimentar e innovar`.
Ediciones Códice, Granada 1983.Pág. 189.
2. Op cit. `...Lo veremos con frecuencia realizar boquillas con incrustaciones
de nácar, filetería complicada y originalísima,...Sus
trabajos se distinguen nada más verlos por una belleza y calidad de
terminación fuera de lo habitual. Pág. 189.
3. Mourat, Jean Maurice. A propos de la guitare, `Naturellement des
grands noms se détechent comme Ignacio Fleta,...,Bellido,...,
Á Grenade et bien dáutres...` Ed. Gérard Billaudot. París
1990. Pág. 53.