2011 Jesús Bellido "Blanca" SP/CY

This 2011 Jesús Bellido "Blanca" is a spruce and cypress flamenco guitar from Granada, Spain (label No. 5), heard on video in Grisha Goryachev's performance of Sabicas' "Campiña Andaluza".

Jesús Bellido of the Bellido Workshop

Jesús Bellido belongs to one of Granada's leading families of guitar makers: his father, Manuel López Bellido, and his late uncle, José López Bellido, are highly regarded makers of the Granada school. Jesús started out in the family workshop as a young teenager, and within a few years he was building guitars under his own name; he has become known and respected for traditional, small-bodied classical and flamenco guitars, typical of the Granada school.

A Lightweight Granada Blanca

This lightweight guitar has a strong bite that is matched with a subtle sweetness, which we think would make it the perfect concert-level flamenco guitar for the serious player. Although used, it is in great condition with only some very modest wear in the finish.

The Bellido Family: Guitar Makers in Granada

The story of the Bellido Workshop began in 1957, when Manuel López Bellido started building guitars under the guidance of the Granada master Eduardo Ferrer. In 1960 he and Antonio Marín Montero set up shop together as partners, building guitars under their own names and jointly under the "Montero-Bellido" label, and a whole generation of Granada makers passed through their doors as apprentices. Manuel taught his brother, José López Bellido (1943–2024), and later his own sons, Jesús and Mauricio. Together with Antonio Marín, the Bellidos are regarded as founders of the modern Granada school.

One Family, Individual Makers

Today the workshop is run by Manuel, Jesús and Mauricio. Each of them builds his own guitars entirely by hand – from choosing the wood to the final setup – while sharing the same family standards of quality and care. Manuel's brother José went on to run his own separate workshop on Gomérez, the street that climbs from the city center up to the Alhambra, where he built classical and flamenco guitars for decades.