2013 Woonsun Lee SP/IN

A 2013 classical guitar by Woonsun Lee, with a spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides.

In the videos above, Peter Fletcher plays the Sarabande from Bach's Lute Suite BWV 995 and part of Albéniz's "Asturias", and Brig Urias and Sebastian Olarte play Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Brig on this guitar.

A Promising Maker

After years of apprenticeship, building hundreds of guitars and studying Torres and Bouchet, Woonsun opened his own workshop in 2009. This guitar shows his flawless carpentry and the origami-lotus rosette that has become his signature.

Sound

The spruce top gives clarity and separation, with a fullness usually found in cedar. The response is loose and quick, it is easy for both hands, and it projects to fill any room.

Photos of this guitar being built

Woonsun Lee: Korean Classical Guitar Maker

Woonsun Lee is a South Korean classical guitar maker in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. A guitarist first – he decided to devote his life to the guitar after hearing Kazuhito Yamashita play Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" – he apprenticed in Paju, building hundreds of student and concert guitars, restoring historical instruments and studying the models of Torres and Bouchet. In 2009 he set up his own workshop, building only concert guitars.

Exclusively at GSI in the USA

His style is understated, elegant and flawlessly executed, recognizable by the origami-lotus motif in the rosette and fine maple accents in the tie block, head and purfling. His "Limited" guitars are made from woods of limited stock, as the label notes. GSI is Woonsun Lee's exclusive dealer in the USA.