Taylor Guitars 310-CE

2002 model made in the good ole USA! Fishman prefix plus eq. is great on this guitar. As said before, not a lot of frills, but I think thats goos on an Acoustic. Beautiful finish on the spruce top. Medium frets on a ebony fretboard are AWSOME! I love the medium frets since I tend to grab chords kinda hard. I usually end up pinching the chord a little sharp, but with the medium frets, its no problem!

Great clear sound. I play this guitar straight into the PA with only some chorus and reverb added from an alesis effects unit. Rich, full sound that can easily fill the room, even unplugged, it can definately carry the room! The taylor sound is why I bought this guitar in the first place. The Elixer nanoweb strings that came on the guitar are great. I have continued to use Elixer strings on this guitar.

The action was a little high, so I had the action lowered by a local luthier and now its perfect.

I use this guitar at home maily as a practice guitar. I'm sure this guitar will last for years with proper care and maintenance. I would play this particular guitar without a bagkup on a gig. I don't play a lot of acoustic, but I have no fears with this guitar as my acoustic. I previously owned a takamine and I feel MUCH better with this guitar in my lineup!

Customer support was great. I've only had one issue with this guitar. The strap button on the bottom of the guitar where the chord plugs in came loose on the guitar. Called up Taylor and the had it taken care of by the same luthier who did my work on lowering the string action for no charge!

I've been playing for 15 years, but this is the first REAL acoustic guitar I've ever owned. I had a Takamine before buying this guitar, and the Taylor deffinately runs rings around it! If it were stolen, I would deffinately buy this guitar again, or perhaps upgrade a step. I like this guitar because it's simplicity and great sound!

I am the happy owner of a 2001 310-CE, and I have nothing but wonderful feelings for it. The electronics sound fantastically clear, the fretboard is easy to play, the sound has balls like nothing else, and it just ROCKS. As for features, how many can you expect on an acoustic?

This guitar has a bright sound (especially with Elixer nanoweb strings), and is suitable for pretty much any style. It is extremely loud but still plays with great dynamics, and it sounds great plugged in too. Even with a few effects, the clarity and tone still cuts through the mix.

Nice low action, very easy to play, beautiful color, very high quality materials - the ebony fretboard is a bonus.

It's very sturdy - day after I got it, someone spilled a beer on it and I almost ripped off their privates, but it was fine. This guitar is meant to be beaten up with respect, if you know what I mean. I beat the crap out of my guitars when I play hard, and it stands up to it perfectly. All it does is get louder, which is totally awesome and sweet.

Taylor is a great company. They've been very quick getting back to me about everything, and they have a great newsletter every month.

I've been playing for 7 years, and I own a Fender American Standard Strat, a Crate Vintage Club 30 (not your ordinary Crate, if you haven't heard one I suggest you check it out), and a Boss GT-3. The Taylor sounds great thru the GT-3 as well on the GT-3's acoustic settings. If you have the means, buy this guitar. You will not regret it. It will become your baby very quickly.

THis is the 2003 model 310 CE (cutaway dreadnaught). It's got a solid sitka spruce top and solid Sapele sides and back, and an african mahogany neck. The finish is glossy on top and satin on the back and sides. For electronics, it has a fishman blender. It came with a nice, solid case, too. It's got grover tuners.

The sound is truly amazing. I play primarily modern worship songs, so I hit lots of chords, and I hit them pretty hard. This guitar holds up well to that - no breaking up of the sound, even when I'm really attacking it.

I played a ton of guitars, of all brands, and was thinking of buying a Seagull Artist series. But then I played a Taylor. I even played some high-end Breedloves and Morgans - Taylors simply sound better.

All Taylors I've played have great-sounding treble, which I really like. Taylors have some extra sparkle in the upper end, and believe it or not, the 300 series Sapele Taylors have even more of that (or maybe they have less bass response). Either way, they're way cool.

And - The Fishman blender sounds great - adding just a little mic sound gets rid of the piezo thin sound.

This guitar has a great set-up. The action is low, so playing up on the neck is just as easy as 1st position chords.

The finish looks very nice, and the wood is beautiful. Also, the grover tuners are awesome - they have bigger gears or something, so you have to turn the pegs more to tune up/down (translation - more accurate tuning).

I've owned it all of 4 days, so can't really say much. The guitar is very solid, so I have no doubts it will last as long as I do!

I have broken too many strings to not have a backup - unfortunately, my backup is an Epiphone with a cracked neck that's hard to tune :-)

Never contacted them.

I have played guitar for 17 years, and own the afore-mentioned Epiphone and a couple of electics, too. Yes, I'd definitely replace it if lost or stolen.

I compared this Taylor to higher-end Breedloves and higher-end Taylors, too. With both, there's really not much to compare. For Taylors, they all sound great - the price difference is more expensive woods, more inlays and abalone, gold tuners rather than silver, etc. The 300 and 400 series are basic, no frills - but that doesn't mean they sound bad!

Compared to other brands (Breedloves, Martins, etc)... my ears liked Taylors better. OTher ears might like something else. Basically, know how much money you want to spend, and test EVERYTHING is that price range.

My Taylor 310CE was made in 1998. It has a lot of frets and is made from wood. It is pretty awesome.

When I play the guitar I feel like I am on another planet or in space or something like that. I just start smiling and I will cry sometimes, too.

The strings are close to the frets, which is a plus. Also, if I hit the strings with my pick they make an awesome noise.

I like to punch guitars, and this one can stand up to a good punching. The other day I was in a car accident and then I used the guitar to beat the guy that hit me. The guy had to go to the hospital, but I was playing the Taylor with no problems 20 minutes later.

I called up Taylor just to ask them a few questions and the guy that answered the phone said, "Don't call us, jerk. We hate our customers, so go eat a wang." I thought this was pretty awesome because that's what I would do if some idiot called me to ask questions.

I think this guitar is awesome. I will play it every day for the rest of my life and then I will probably put it into my coffin when I die, so my dead body can feel it.

Features are fine, meaning that nothing is missing but there are no major additions. This is good IMO because it keeps the cost reasonable. It has a Fishman Prefix Plus pick-up at the bridge. other than that its same old dreadnaught stuff.

a few things.

-unplugged is really nice on the one that I purchased. I played 6-8 of these mofos and more than half sounded pretty shitty. Clearly Taylor does not take as much pride in the construction of thier lower line models. This is to be expected i guess.

-the plugged in sound is exactly what is to be expected. since it is pick-up only it gets a little "quacky" if the trebble goes unchecked. At high-volumes feedback is a prob. but when is it not?

The one that I purchased has very nice action, nice fretwork.....overall a very well put together insturment. I played others that were put to shame by 250$ squires. Advice to a potential buyer: Check out alot of them.

so far so good....no probs yet....been 3 weeks

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exactly what one would expect from a dreadnaught guitar for 1000+ dollars. Smooth action, very very very balanaced without the bass bomminess found in most dreadnaughts. sounds great unplugged and good pluged in. I give it an 8 cuz nothing is perfect.

This is a 2001 all-wood Taylor 310ce made in the U.S.A. There are 20 frets on an Ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays, and the entire neck is made of mahogony. Headstock is made of Indian rosewood with a set of Grover tuners. The top is gloss finished solid Sitka spruce top and the sides are made of Sapele, which is very similar to mahogony. The pickup system is a Fishman Prefix Plus, and has volume control, notch filter, phase switch, bass, mid, treble, and "brilliance" (i.e. enhanced treble is what I refer to it as) sliders, and a tone shaping slider at the bottom that allows you to shape the overall sound produced through the pickup. Body is a dreadnaught with a venetian cutaway. Bridge is made of ebony, the nut and saddle are made of tusq, and the binding is black. The neck feels a little wider than most (i like that a lot), but not extremely thick. Comes with a very nice Taylor hardshell case.

It is a working man's guitar. There are no big frills with this guitar, and that's fine. It's built to be played, not look extra-pretty. Frills, such as soundhole inlays, different binding, and all that stuff doesn't make the guitar sound better....it just makes it more expensive :). If you consider extra appearance enhancing things 'features' (i don't) then this would get an 8. However, I'm giving it a 9 because the materials used overall on the instrument are top-notch.

Since I was a bass player before I started playing guitar, my style revolves around a lot of rhythmic playing and open chord structure. I play in alternate tunings, producing a lower, richer overall tone.

This guitar produces a very mellow, smooth, even tone unplugged. The bass response is not huge, but it fills out and will only continue to do so with age. In comparing it to a 410ce, which has mahogony sides, I would say that the bass response is a little better there, but not noticable unless you're really, really listening for it. Plugged in, you have the quality of the Fishman Prefix, which I am still absolutely amazed and impressed with. It captures every nuance of sound that the guitar produces. The controls are simple enough to shape your tone easily, but there are enough of them to give you a lot of options. Taylor guitars amaze me because you can go in, plug in, tweak a few settings depending on your venue, and within about 15 seconds you have an amazing tone.

I give the guitar a 9 only because I know different people have different ideas of what a good tone is. For my style, it's about as close to perfect as I could get. I would like a TINY bit more bass response, but again, that will come with age, and it's nothing that can't be fixed with some tweaking.

I bought the guitar used (less than a year old), and it looks like it was played maybe 3 times at the most. There are no flaws in the workmanship...not even any play marks on the back of it. Obviously, the action was not adjusted...and the factory standard is not what I like. It's a little below what I would consider medium heighth, and I will most likely bring it in to have it professionally adjusted. The neck is very straight. The pickups are installed perfectly.

I'm giving it a 9 because I want the adjustment done to my liking. For someone who likes a LITTLE bit higher action, it's fine. Obviously, we also have to take into consideration that every handmade guitar is different, and therefore you are going to have variation in the setup. I'm sure had I had options, I would have found another one that was set up the way I like.

Just bouth it, but keep in mind that Taylor makes some of the best guitars out there. All the hardware seeems to be fine. I would NEVER go to a gig without a backup.

Since I haven't had the guitar for more than 3 days now, I figure i'll keep my rating at no opinion...

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I've played for 10 years now, though until about 2 years ago, I was officially a bass player rather than a guitar player. I do a solo singer/songwriter original gig, and have been doing that for about 1 1/2 years. Acoustic-wise, I own a Fender GD-47SCE grand acoustic cutaway and a Takamine EG530C cutaway. Compared to the Fender, the Fender definitely looks like a "nicer" guitar, but it's Korean-made, and the sides are mahogonay laminate. It definitely plays and sounds differently than the Taylor...I like them both for different reasons. Compared to the Takamine, there is no comparison. The Taylor blows it out of the water.

I would be EXTREMELY upset if this were stolen or lost. It's a great guitar...one of those you just feel good playing. I would buy the same thing if insurance came through.

Before I bought this guitar, I was comparing it to Martin's in the same $1000-$1300 price range, and the Taylor feels like a more 'substantial' guitar. The Martins, though very nice, felt more fragile. The sound on the Taylor was also a little more even than the Martins. The Martins were more bass responsive...almost too much so...and that ended up being the reason I went with the Taylor.

1999 model when the 300 series first came out. Fishman Matrix pickups.

Very clean sound when picking unplugged.. not the warmest guitar I've ever played, but it's warming up slowly over time (very balanced). The plugged in sound on the Fender Acoustasonic 30 is what you'd expect from a piezo only system, you can only teak it so much before it sounds a bit harsh.

Setup is typical Taylor - right on. Very easy to do neck adjustments on your own, which I typically need to do in the winter months (it seems like a pretty lively neck). No complaints on fit and finish

The body work is quite good.. it travels well on planes in the SKB case. The top finish is quite solid, though I don't play quite as hard as I used to. The complaint I do have about it is that the frets seem to wear quite quickly.. I've only had it 3 years and it's time for at least a redress (frets 2 and 3 are quite notched).

Lifetime warranty. Quite responsive.

Quite similar to the Yamaha FG-470SA I played for a many years, though not as loud, I like the neck on this one a bit more (the Yamaha was a bit to skinny for me). The action is definitely smoother than the Larivee OM-3 I used to have. Definitely a good working person's guitar.

I don't have a lot of experience playing guitar and I don't have a lot of knowledge in guitar equipment, let alone acoustic guitars! I did do a considerable amount of research via the internet and consulted with excellent pro players for the sole intention of purchasing a mid-ranged acoustic guitar to accompany me solo on stage. I was after a mid-line Martin until I played this particular Taylor. I found the fretboard easier to play than a Martin and fell in love with the beautiful tone that a light touch could bring. My Taylor (promptly named Rory!) listed for $1700, was on the sheld for $1100 and came home with me for $1000 plus tax, including the hardshell case.

This Guitar rocks! The whole thing is made of Solid wood, Sapele back and sides, sitka spruce top, Tropical Mahogany neck, Scalloped X-Bracing, chrome grover tuners,Satin finish with a gloss top, a venetian cutaway, and Fishman prefix plus electronics.

The sound this guitar displays is unmatched. Though this is Taylors lower end guitar, dont let that full you. I played an 800 and 900 series and only a super human could tell the differnce. Heavy stumming,finger picking, this guitar handles it all. Pluged into an amp its even better, even on an electic amp it sounds like a peace of Heaven on your lap.

As for the fit and finish,the guitar was flawless. Alot of peole who have this guitar wish the whole thing was gloss. I think the satin finish is nice because its easyer to keep clean and more durabile. The action was great, realy low and easy to play, but I started noticing a buzz in my bass stings, I could realy hear it during heavy strumming. I went to Up town Muisc in Keizer Oregon and they charged me $20 for rising the bidge, which did nothing. I tightend the truss just a little and the buzzing stoped. Now I'am kicking my self for going to Up Town.

I think this gutir is very durabile. I play it every day and it keeps getting better and better. The gloss finish is easy to dent and neck because of how thin it is. Its thin because your tone is increased the more the top vibrates. Having a then finish helps for the great sound. I have a neck from the punks at Up Town because they droped a screw driver on it and they put a thumbnail dent in it puting on my strings. Stay away from them.

To bad I cant rate this higher then 10. Brian at guitar center was almost to helpful. I took a print off of one of these reviews that had a list price of $900 and showed him, and he lowered his price by over $300 and gave me $319 for the used Big Baby I had. When I brought my brand new 310ce into Up Town they were realy upset. Because they spent there time working there mojo's on me to get me to buy the same guitar for $300 more plus only $150 For the Big Baby I bought from them for $365. When they told me they were not going to pull out the red carpet for me because I did'nt buy the guitar from them. I felt like jumping over the table and giving him a taste of my shoe. Anyways if you go to Guitar Center ask for Brian so him my review, and be nice to him becuase he might be nice to you.

This is the best guitar I have ever played, The sound, looks, and price I payed can not be beat. I wanted to say thanks to Brain for giving me that great deal and service. And thanks to Rayn of the Blind Light Band, If get a chance to see them perform in the portland area do so. They rock and there going to make it big. As for Up Town they get the finger.

My wife bought a used 310-CE for me after we searched and played a variety of guitars over the last several months. While the new ones were out of our price range, this late-1998 model was priced right at a music shop. I think it was stored in its case much more than it was played because there are no marks on it anywhere. The features for this entry level guitar are wonderful (solid wood all over, electronics, Grover tuners, etc.)

This guitar sounds great. In shopping around, I played several other brands side-by-side for comparison. The 310-CE had the deepest, richest sound with lots of clarity and brightness. Throught the amp it sounds even better.

For a used guitar, this 310-CE was in excellent shape. When my wife had this guitar cleaned and check at a local guitar shop, they confirmed the wonderful condition of this instrument. I don't know that the action had been previously adjusted, but I suspect not (and it plays very well). As I get more comfortable with this guitar, I may make some changes, but only time will tell.

Everything about this guitar leads me to believe it will hold up over many years. In fact, I chose the Taylor because of recommendations from friends about their reliability and durability.

Never had to, and don't expect to, call them.

While I have been playing for only 4 years, I wanted to move up to a guitar that I could play more comfortably and in front of an audience. This guitar met and exceeded my expectations. It fits my fretting hand so well, and I love the sound. I can already hear my improvement in just 10 days. I would recommend this guitar to others, including beginners. Well worth the investment.