RE: Jesus Bellido

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RE: Jesus Bellido

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minordjango

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Joined: Feb. 26 2005

RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to ralexander)

an x GF was called rice , and man was she a cracker.

i sold a guitar that Pedro once ownded wish i never did man , so i guess its back to granada for me and get a guitar like before.

happy yer guitar kicks amigo , well done

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 12 2010 18:41:21

minordjango

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RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to minordjango)

had.

any more info re jesus guitars folks ?

ricecracker can u send me some pics and a little more info PM me , if u please

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 12 2010 18:42:32

a_arnold

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RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to Arash)

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I tried 2 guitars in his shop and i didn't like them.

I didn't either. I lived opposite his shop just down the hill from the Alhambra when I was waiting for Manuel de la Chica to finish a guitar for me. I tried many of Bellidos guitars repeatedly over several months, and couldn't find any that compared to Chica, yet they were almost twice the price. Not very percussive sounding, and they really needed new strings to sound good.

Bellido was pretty well known at the time, and the craftsmanship was excellent, but the sound was disappointing. But then, I was comparing him to Chica when Chica was at his peak.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2010 0:17:50

buleria74

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RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to a_arnold)

quote:

he craftsmanship was excellent, but the sound was disappointing

I had the opposite experience, I bought one in 2007 which I sold in 2008,

great flamenco sound but the craftmanship was not very good and th neck

was too thinn ! comparing prices in Granada, Jose Manuel Fernandez is superior

to those Jesus Bellido guitars, around €2000 you get a great guitar from Jose.

Manuel de la Chica, I have never tried any guitars so I can't say anything about

his guitars.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 22 2010 11:57:40

AndresK

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From: Patras, Greece

RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to minordjango)

Necro - posting continues...

I do not think I ever revived a 14 year old post before!!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 21 2024 8:24:00

Stu

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From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to AndresK)

Cool video.
I've suddenly noticed a lot of videos from this channel popping up on my yt feed. There's a lot of enticing stuff on that channel!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 21 2024 23:21:14

etta

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RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to ralexander)

I like Jose's guitars better.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 1 2024 21:17:19

silddx

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From: London

RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to etta)

quote:

I like Jose's guitars better.

Are you able to explain why, please?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 2 2024 20:22:56

Echi

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RE: Jesus Bellido (in reply to minordjango)

A matter of taste I guess?
I have a nice José Lopez Bellido (1974) too but I have played lovely guitars made by Manuel which I consider at the same level or even better.
My José Lopez has thick and sweet trebles which makes it very expressive, but becomes aggressive if played hard, in the Reyes style.
I’d say it’s similar of a Reyes made in the late sixties but with more core to the note and less harmonics and clarity. It’s not particularly loud but project very well and a lot of people ask me to buy it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 3 2024 9:52:03