José López Bellio was born in Granada in 1943.
He joined Eduardo Ferrer´s workshop when he was very young. After 14 years there, he started his own workshop in Cuesta Gomérez, where he has been making his own guitars until he retired in 2012.
His magnificent guitars aside, he has been an excellent teacher for very good guitar makers, such as Antonio Raya Pardo or Martin Bernd.