Juan Román Padilla was born in Granada  in 1928. On leaving school he went from technical drawing into working with his uncle who was a cabinet-maker.  Juan’s father was a music teacher, composer and guitarist and he soon combined this background with his wood-working skills to make bandurrias, and later guitars and lutes. By 2013 Juan had retired from making guitars.

Source: Granada expert: Juan Román Padilla (5 November 2018)