[3] In 1979, Scipio left his birth country, Holland, with the goal of studying with Paulino Bernabe in Madrid, Spain.
[5] After operating his small shop in Holland, Scipio left to England to study at the London College of Furniture, enrolling in their fretted instrument technology program.
Spending three years at the London College of Furniture, Scipio learned to build classical, flamenco, and electric guitars.
[4] In 2012, Scipio made a guitar while attending the last summer seminar given by José Luis Romanillos, the famed Spanish luthier.
[4] In 1986, Scipio was able to move to the United States after he was offered a job running the repair department at Guild Guitar Company in Westerly, Rhode Island.