Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2147 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Yamaha
• Model: F310-PP
• Released on: 2006-08-23

Manufacturer's Description
The F310 offers outstanding quality at a truly budget price. The lively sound from the spruce/meranti body has a bright, sweet resonance not unlike Yamaha's renowned FGs, and real rosewood is used for the fingerboard and bridge. The handling comfort of the slightly reduced body depth and intermediate scale length will be particularly appreciated by younger players.

On the powered FX310 version, the passive preamp system is delightfully simple - just volume and tone and no battery required - yet the sound is realistically acoustic-like, with an excellent tonal balance across the strings. An ideal choice for the first-time electro-acoustic buyer.

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Customer Reviews

Brilliant beginners package
I have been playing the guitar for a long time and have owned many acoustic guitars. I came to the UK for a short period of time and wanted a cheap knock-about guitar for a couple of months while here. This package is superb value. The F310 is as good a guitar as you could expect at this price, and is better than the majority of guitars three times the price. The sound is extraordinarily good for a laminate guitar: bass response and clarity is excellent and intonation is brilliant. The accessories are very good too: the tuner is surprisingly accurate, and the bag and stand are both well made. The stand in particular is very good. Yamaha cannot be faulted for consistency. The F310 is the best first guitar you can own. For more experienced players, be aware that the neck is quite compact on this guitar (seems to have a slightly shorter scale length than normal, though probably not by much). But if you are a a beginner, this guitar is perfect. Rant over.

Yamaha F(antastic)310 Acoustic Guitar
I ordered this Guitar pack from Amazon because it was £36.00 cheaper than a leading high street catalogue store. I have never played the guitar in my life, but thought if I was going to buy one then it may as well be a good one.

What I actually got is a beautiful piece of workmanship. The Guitar body has a lovely light coloured wood for the front and the back and sides are made from a rich Mahogany, add to this the wonderful chrome tuning pegs and the awesome sound and you have a great buy.

The pack comes with an electronic tuner (First day it took me an hour to tune all 6 strings because I didn't read the manual properly, second day it took 5 minutes, not bad for a complete novice)

The DVD tutorial is good with a nice mix of styles of music, although some of the sub menus on the dvd go a bit off track when trying to jump to certain parts.

Carry bag is in the style of a rucksack with 2 shoulder straps and feels comfortable on the back when in transit.

The guitar stand is wonderful and has felt padding on the support spokes to protect the lovely finish on the guitar.

also comes with a nylon strap, 3 x Plectrums(Picks) and a spare set of steel strings.

Buy one you won't be diappointed and Amazons delivery was very prompt and secure (sent via a tracking number)

Good Beginners Guitar, But...
As a Guitar Tutor for many years I can honestly say that every time a new pupil comes to me for Guitar Lessons carrying a Yamaha F310 I'm always very pleased. And I have no problem in awarding these little beginners Guitars the full five stars. But let me make clear to everyone as I do to all new pupils who come to me, that although these are a very good beginners Guitars, that is all they really are, nothing more, nothing less.
It has been my experience that anyone still stuck with one of these Guitars after a year or two, then that pupil has not really made proper progress in their learning of the Guitar. These Guitars really will help get you off the ground, but if you are truly serious about progressing properly on the Guitar then you should think very seriously about up-grading to a real solid-wood guitar when you come to see that you are really beginning to become more of a player then a beginner which these Guitars are solely designed for. Most good pupils with me tend to move up to the real thing within 6 months after taking their first lesson with these Guitars, and I am always delighted with that because it means that even they can see that they are starting to make real progress and that the time has now come to move up to the real thing.
As I said at the start of my review, I have no problem awarding the full five stars to these beginners Guitars, but please keep in mind that they can never be looked upon as your long-term Guitar, not if you are truly serious about learning and progressing properly on the Guitar.
Also keep in mind that if you look after your F310 well and keep it in good shape then you'll find that it'll be very easy to sell it off to someone else who is just about to take their first lesson.
So My Verdict is... A Great Little Beginners Guitar, But that's all they are, nothing more, nothing less. So Good Luck To All You New Beginners.
Rod, N. Ireland.