C-622, Jesus Bellido (Spain)

Description

New Classical Guitar from Granada

2nd Epoca, Opus 71

Year 2022

650mm scale with 52mm nut width

German spruce top (Picea Abies)

Bird’s eye Maple back, sides & headstock veneer (Acer pseudoplatanus Romania)

Spanish cedar neck (Cereal odorata Brazil)

Ebony fingerboard (Dyospyrus crassiflora Cameroom)

Ziricote bridge

Gotoh 35G510 tuners

Hand rubbed French polish finishing

Rapsody Black ABS case included

 

Guitars weight is 1.45Kg / 3.2 lbs

Total length of the guitar is 100 cm / 39.3701 inches

Body length is 50 cm / 19.685 inches

Upper bout is 27 cm /10.63 inches

Lower bout is 36.5 cm / 14.37 inches

Depth of body is 9.8 cm/ 3.86 inches

 

Jesus Bellido the renown Spanish guitar maker from Granada was born in 1966 within a family of guitar makers.

At the age of 13 he began his professional training at the workshop of his father Manuel Belido and built his first guitar under his own name at the age of seventeen !!!

His work of course evolved over the years and today Jesus Bellido builds both his own model and copies of guitars made by Antonio de Torres, Santos Hernández, Louis Panormo, Jose Pages, Jose Pernas, and Manuel de la Chica among others.

For some time he also taught guitar-building lessons until, in 1995, he decided to devote himself exclusively to building  his own instruments. During recent years he has also taken part in numerous exhibitions and lectures. The quality of  his work resulted in him being selected as a Spanish representative in expert lutherie for the European Economic  Community, in the conferences held in Colonia during 2001 and 2002, within the “Leonardo da Vinci Project”.

From a technical perspective, he has applied diverse building methods, always seeking to make the most of the advantages in each one. Nowadays, after having tried several building methods, he keeps two: the traditional Spanish  system and a second one that includes lutherie techniques.

In a constant search for top quality, he uses only first-rate materials and accessories. For peg boxes, he includes only the most well-known and  top quality brands in the world. For varnishes, he uses the best shellac. Having his own sawmill allows him to offer a great variety of woods,  whose cut and drying are carried out in the most rigorous way.

His special guitars are made from first quality woods undergoing drying processes  that last over 15 years, and in many cases over 30 years