Jesus Bellido is the son of Manuel Bellido, and a master luthier in his own right as this wonderful copy of an 1883 Antonio Torres guitar SE 54 brilliantly demonstrates. The back and sides of this guitar is made with exquisite birds-eye maple, the top of master grade German spruce, and is a true piece of luthier's art. More importantly, the sound is absolutely right, it is refined, intense, and sounds as if the guitar was built over a hundred years ago. It is an instrument that I haven't been able to put down. I keep comparing it with my José López Beltrán built in 1894 by a disciple of Torres, one of my all-time favorite guitars, and this guitar has the same kind of enchanting and wonderful sound. It has everything one could ask for in a concert guitar: power, great tone, and character- a wonderful, vibrant, full-bodied basses, and substantial lovely singing trebles. I bought this little gem in Jesus Bellido's workshop on my most recent trip to Spain.

2007 Jesus Bellido, Torres copy played by Gaetano