2014 Woonsun Lee SP/MP

Year	2014
Top	Spruce
Back & Sides	Maple
Scale Length	650 mm
Nut width	52 mm
Finish	French Polish
Country	Korea
Luthier	Woonsun Lee

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Emilia Giuliani Prelude 1 played by Jon Mendle

Description

A 2014 classical guitar by Woonsun Lee, with a spruce top and beautiful birdseye maple back and sides.

In the video above, Jon Mendle plays Emilia Giuliani's Prelude Op. 46 No. 1 on this guitar.

Birdseye Maple

The birdseye maple gives every note a warm glow, while the spruce top brings clarity and separation along with a richness usually heard in cedar guitars.

Southern Spanish Response

Weighted like a Madrid guitar but loose and quick like the guitars of Granada and Córdoba, it is easy for both hands and fills any room. Maple in the tie block and head and the lotus rosette give it his signature elegance.

Photos of this guitar during construction

Background

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.