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World's Finest Classical Guitars Carefully Selected by our Experts

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Front and back of the 2026 German Vázquez Rubio “Solista” No. 71326 classical guitar, spruce and Indian rosewood

2026 German Vázquez Rubio "Solista" No. 71326 SP/IN

$8,000.00

This 2026 German Vázquez Rubio “Solista” is a classical guitar with a spruce top and Indian rosewood..

Front and back of a 2024 Masaki Sakurai "Special 640" classical guitar, cedar and African rosewood

2024 Masaki Sakurai "Special 640" CD/AR

$8,000.00

This 2024 Masaki Sakurai “Special 640” is a cedar and African rosewood classical guitar from Tokyo, ..

Front and back of a 2009 Kenneth Brögger "1864 Torres" classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

2009 Kenneth Brögger "1864 Torres" SP/CSAR

$10,000.00

This 2009 Kenneth Brögger "1864 Torres" is a Danish spruce and CSA rosewood classical guitar, a repl..

Front and back of a 2026 Brian Itzkin No. 65 classical guitar, spruce and African rosewood

2026 Brian Itzkin No. 65 SP/AR

$9,000.00 - Sold

This 2026 Brian Itzkin No. 65 is a full-size classical guitar of Swiss spruce and African rosewood, ..

Front and back of a 2026 Brian Itzkin "635" No. 63 classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

2026 Brian Itzkin "635" No. 63 SP/CSAR

$10,000.00 - Sold

This 2026 Brian Itzkin “635” No. 63 is a compact, Torres-style classical guitar of Italian spruce an..

Front and back of a 1970 Hernández y Aguado classical guitar, cedar and CSA rosewood

1970 Hernández y Aguado CD/CSAR

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This 1970 Hernández y Aguado is a cedar and CSA rosewood classical guitar made in Madrid, Spain, num..

Front and back of the 2026 Teodoro Pérez "60th Anniversary" No. 3 of 10 classical guitar, spruce and pau ferro

2026 Teodoro Pérez "60th Anniversary" No. 3 of 10 SP/PF

$20,000.00

A 2026 "60th Anniversary" classical guitar by Teodoro Pérez, with a spruce top and pau ferro back an..

Front and back of the 2026 Teodoro Pérez "60th Anniversary" No. 2 of 10 classical guitar, cedar and African rosewood

2026 Teodoro Pérez "60th Anniversary" No. 2 of 10 CD/AR

$20,000.00

A 2026 "60th Anniversary" classical guitar by Teodoro Pérez, with a cedar top and African rosewood b..

Front and back of a 2026 Marc Dickinson "Cosmic" classical guitar, spruce and African blackwood

2026 Marc Dickinson "Cosmic" SP/AB

$6,500.00

A 2026 "Cosmic" classical guitar by Marc Dickinson, with a German spruce top and African blackwood b..

Front and back of a 1960 Ignacio Fleta classical guitar, spruce and Indian rosewood

1960 Ignacio Fleta SP/IN

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This 1960 Ignacio Fleta is a classical guitar with a spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides, ..

Front and back of a 1997 Fritz Ober classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

1997 Fritz Ober SP/CSAR

$20,000.00

This 1997 Fritz Ober is a spruce and CSA rosewood classical guitar made in Munich, Germany, in the T..

Front and back of a 2026 Marco Bortolozzo Furore classical guitar, cedar and Indian rosewood

2026 Marco Bortolozzo "Furore" CD/IN

$8,000.00 - Sold

This 2026 Marco Bortolozzo "Furore" is a cedar and Indian rosewood classical guitar made in Portogru..

Front and back of a 1998 Bernhard Kresse Panormo reproduction classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

1998 Bernhard Kresse "Panormo" SP/CSAR

$9,000.00 - Sold

This 1998 Bernhard Kresse "Panormo" is a spruce and CSA rosewood reproduction of a Louis Panormo gui..

Front and back of a 2022 Tobias Berg classical guitar, spruce and walnut

2022 Tobias Berg SP/WN

$15,000.00

This pre-owned 2022 Tobias Berg classical guitar, with a spruce top and European walnut back and sid..

Front and back of a 2007 Mariano Tezanos Maestro classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

2007 Mariano Tezanos "Maestro" SP/CSAR

$7,500.00

This 2007 Mariano Tezanos "Maestro" is a spruce and CSA rosewood classical guitar made in Madrid, Sp..

Front and back of a 2026 Francesco Baccaglion classical guitar, spruce and Indian rosewood

2026 Francesco Baccaglion SP/IN

$9,000.00 - Sold

This 2026 Francesco Baccaglion classical guitar, with a spruce top and Indian rosewood back and side..

Front and back of a 2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-C" classical guitar, cedar and exotic ebony

2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-C" CD/EE

$4,000.00 - Sold

The 2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-C" is a concert-level classical guitar with a cedar top and exotic ebo..

Front and back of a 2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-S" classical guitar, spruce and exotic ebony

2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-S" SP/EE

$4,000.00 - Sold

The 2026 Hermanos Camps "CL20-S" is a concert-level classical guitar with a spruce top and exotic eb..

Front and back of a 2026 Jean-Noël Rohé classical guitar, spruce and CSA rosewood

2026 Jean-Noël Rohé SP/CSAR

$25,000.00 - Sold

This 2026 Jean-Noël Rohé is a new classical guitar with a spruce top and CSA rosewood back and sides..

Front and back of a 2016 Manuel Contreras “10th Anniversary Premium Series” classical guitar, cedar and CSA rosewood

2016 Manuel Contreras "10th Anniversary Premium Series" CD/CSAR

$9,500.00

This 2016 Manuel Contreras “10º Aniversario Serie Premium” (10th Anniversary Premium Series) is a pr..

Front and back of a 2026 German Vázquez Rubio “Classic Estudio-SM” classical guitar, cedar and palo escrito

2026 German Vázquez Rubio "Classic Estudio-SM" CD/PE

$4,500.00

This 2026 German Vázquez Rubio “Classic Estudio-SM” is a classical guitar with a cedar top and palo ..

Front and back of a 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Friederich DS" classical guitar, cedar and Indian rosewood

2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Friederich DS" CD/IN

$4,000.00

This 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus “Friederich DS” is the double-sided version of his tribute to the Fre..

Front and back of a 1990 Jeffrey Elliott classical guitar, spruce and African blackwood

1990 Jeffrey Elliott SP/AB

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This 1990 Jeffrey Elliott is a spruce and African blackwood classical guitar made in Portland, Orego..

Front and back of a 2008 Simon Ambridge "1887 Torres SE 111" classical guitar, spruce and birdseye maple

2008 Simon Ambridge "1887 Torres SE 111" SP/MP

$10,500.00 - Sold

This 2008 Simon Ambridge "1887 Torres SE 111" is a spruce and birdseye maple classical guitar made i..

Front and back of a 2011 Gregory Byers "630 Lattice" classical guitar, spruce and maple

2011 Gregory Byers "630 Lattice" SP/MP

$10,000.00

This 2011 Gregory Byers "630 Lattice" is a short-scale (630mm) spruce and maple classical guitar mad..

Front and back of a 2026 Miguel Angel Gutiérrez classical guitar, spruce and Indian rosewood

2026 Miguel Angel Gutiérrez SP/IN

$10,000.00

This 2026 Miguel Angel Gutiérrez is a spruce and Indian rosewood classical guitar made in Genoa, Ita..

Front and back of a 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus “Espanola 1a” classical guitar, cedar and African rosewood

2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Espanola 1a" CD/AR

$4,000.00

This 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Espanola 1a" is a cedar and African rosewood classical guitar modele..

Front and back of a 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Torres SE 77" classical guitar, spruce and granadillo

2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Torres SE 77" SP/GR

$2,500.00

This 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Torres SE 77" is a spruce and granadillo classical guitar with a sho..

Front and back of a 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Alemana EF CD/SP" classical guitar, cedar/spruce and African rosewood

2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Alemana EF CD/SP" CD/AR

$4,500.00

This 2026 Wolfgang Jellinghaus "Alemana EF CD/SP" pairs a cedar/spruce lattice double top with Afric..

Front and back of a 2016 Hermann Hauser III classical guitar No. 764, spruce and maple

2016 Hermann Hauser III No. 764 SP/MP (ex Marcelo Kayath)

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This 2016 Hermann Hauser III No. 764 is a spruce and bird's-eye maple classical guitar from Reisbach..

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Choosing a classical guitar might seem daunting at first, however, at GSI it’s our pleasure and duty to ensure that the selection process is a very satisfying experience thanks to the advice of our guitar experts. Our classical guitar store features guitars made by carefully chosen luthiers from around the world and our staff knows each instrument very well. Our experts are able to help you narrow your top picks to just a few guitars which you might want to try by yourself with no commitment to purchase.

Classical guitar, in the form as we know it today, was largely developed by Spanish guitar maker, Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817-1892). Torres introduced many new innovations to his guitars. Most notably, he increased the size of the body of the guitar, and introduced a fan-strut bracing system, and in his later guitars he started using machine heads. His guitars also had separated saddles which allowed minute adjustments of string heights.

We should look for:

  1. Establish a budget
  2. Identify what type of sound you like the most. You can also ask our experts for advice.
  3. Decide whether you want a used or new instrument.
  4. Check for ‘wolf’ notes and buzzes. Playability is also very important.
  5. We recommend testing the sound from the perspective of a player and a listener.

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The differences between classical and flamenco guitars lie in their materials, construction and sound.

Materials: Classical guitars are generally made with spruce or cedar tops, and on rare occasions, other woods like redwood or pine. Back and sides are mostly made of various rosewoods, maple and mahogany to enhance sustain. In recent years many younger luthiers searching for more sustainable and easy-to-source woods have begun to use some really fantastic materials including granadillo, exotic ebony, wenge, koa, walnut and a variety of other hardwoods. Flamenco guitars are generally made with spruce tops and cypress for the backs and sides to enhance volume and emphasize the attack of the note. However over the past many decades, rosewood flamencos known as “Flamenco negras” have risen in popularity, largely due to Paco de Lucia who first used a rosewood guitar beginning in 1969.

Construction: The body of a classical guitar is generally deeper and the woods are slightly thicker. Flamenco guitars have a flat or negative (before string tension) neck relief, making the action very fast at the cost of some buzzing. The strings are also closer to the body on flamenco guitars to facilitate tapping. Flamenco guitars often bear a "golpeador", which is a sheet of plastic mounted to the face of the guitar to protect its finish from percussive techniques, like tapping the soundboard with the players fingers.

Sound: The classical guitar is designed to give the soloist the tools to perform poly-timbral music: "An orchestra in a box". The attack is soft with a longer and gradual decay. The flamenco guitar is designed to cut through the sound of dancers stomping their feet. The sound is a bit more percussive, a loud and immediate sonic burst followed by a swift decay is characteristic of traditional flamencos.

It is also important to mention that many of these "differences" are finessed to different degrees by different luthiers, depending on their personal taste. Miguel Rodriguez classical guitars for example have always famously had a fast, flamenco-like attack. There are also numerous hybrid-type guitars where the luthier intends for the same instrument to be playable convincingly by both flamenco and classical performers.

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