Young Seo is one of Korea's top classical guitar makers. He was born in 1972 in Korea, and studied civil engineering before going on to study classical guitar at Pierson University and gaining his master’s degree in 1998. In 2002, Young Seo began making classical guitars. Young Seo has since studied with Arturo Sanzano, visited the workshops of master luthiers including: Fleta y Hijos, Arcangel Fernadez, Agel Benito Aguado, Manuel Caceres in Spain and Kim Lissarrague in Australia. Young Seo exports his guitars worldwide, and has dealers in Spain, Canada, Australia, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Source: Young Seo website (9 February 2017)