Yamaha F-310

Well, im not sure its got a rosewood fretboard, but i dunno the rest. Has nice tuners, no pickup, blah blah blah...

Sounds good to me, I use it for blues, and banging around the house. Like the clear sound, a lot of stuff I makeup sounds bad on electric but good on an acoustics. Try playing it in your bathroom it gives you a nice bell like tone.

The action was fine, from the 12th to 20th fret is horrible however the other frets are decent. Fretboard was dirty as hell when I got it. Took about 1hr of scraping and cleaning to git it nice. Bridge and intonation seems good also, just loppy fret work. Tuners and hardware look great though.

I only play it around the house, and I have banged it droped it kicked it and it still hasn't broke. I have had the first set of strings on for a year and they never went out of tune, only had to tune it when my dad would crank on the tuners why im playing.

Dunno bout yamaha, but costco has a killer return policy. 10! for costco!

Killer deal for $100 bucks, you might need a little fret board work but otherwise great deal for someone that wants to tryout an acoustic.

I got this at Costco. Was made in INdonessia by YMMF? 12 frets that you can use.

Rosewood fingerboard, spruce top
Tuners that really suck
Chipboard bendable case with screwed buckles, annoying pitch pipe, short strap, book, blah blah blah.

This guitar sounded good, for about 7 months. Now everything buzzy and the sound is anything but rich and warm.

Everything was ok and playable and what not. Looks fine.

But oh man, the tuners suck. (Having to tune the guitar every 5 minutes or so is annoying) Plus it sounds better with G string not tuned right. That ruins everything else.

Not durable cos it worked for a couple of months.

Never tried

Just doesn't sound right anymore. Can't tune. But for that money and buying at Costco...i guess that's what I get

20 fret acoustic guitar. NICE tuners. I've never had any problems tuning and it keeps a tune really well. I bought mine a costco a little over two years ago and it came with a soft shell case, strings, rag, picks, pitch pipe and a strap.

I play a lot of folk rock and in a church band. It sounds good for the most part. I have had a few fret buzzes, but I can't say that they all will do that. It sounds best with new strings.

This guitar was built pretty well. Like I said before I've had a few fret buzzes, but thats the only problem I've ever had. It feels really good. The finish is kinda cheap though.

Stays in tune. No pickup so it needs a mic if you playing live. I mic it at church and it sound pretty good.

Never needed it.

I've been playing guitar for about three years now. I wish I could say I've been playing longer, but I haven't. I've had this one for two of those years and it's never really let me down. For the price, it's the best guitar you can buy. Much better than the squier or rogue guitars for the same price or cheaper.

A Costco special. The birth certificate tells me it was made by the YMMF Co., Ltd in Indonesia in accordance with specifications of Yamaha Corporation. Isn't that special? But what features does an acoustic guitar have anyway?

It appears to have a rosewood fingerboard; I'm not much of a specialist on woods, but overall the guitar does look pretty good. It has 20 frets, about 15 of which are accessible. It came with a cheap case, cheap strap, pitch pipe, a book that I glanced at but would not seem to help one learn guitar and one allen wrench.

Sound is good (for something in this price range). In other words, it will make some nice sounds. However, make no mistake, you will not confuse the sound with that of a better guitar.

This guitar has some idiosyncracy where if I tune all the strings to their respective notes, open chords do not sound right (especially the D, Am, and G). I have to detune the B and high E strings to get the open chords to sound right. But if I lower the tuning of the B and high E strings, of course bar chords do not sound right. If I leave the strings tuned to their proper notes, the bar chords sound right and the opens chords sound bad. A cheap guitar exposing its shoddy manufacture.

The frets are pretty crappy. They make getting a good sound out of the guitar difficult. Makes learning guitar even less enjoyable.

I think this is what a sub-200 dollar guitar is probably supposed to be like.

I have had this for a while and it has not given me any major problems. The tuners only hold tune for about one day. The finish still looks pretty good. The bottom strap button pulled out, so I shoved it back in. Its an acoustic guitar, how much stress can it put on the strap buttons?

If I were good enough to play it live, I would definitely not use it to play live. Its better suited to a life on the beach around a campfire, where if your buddy falls over it in a drunken stupor and crushes it you will not be too heartbroken.

I have not had to deal with the company (YMMF??). I can't believe it would be fruitful. Nor could I see going to Costco and demanding a refund.

I am more of a bass player who wanted to screw around on a guitar. If it were stolen I would get a better acoustic/electric guitar. I've played better guitars and the sound is a million times better. Also, the difficulty in making this guitar sound decent makes me less willing to sit down and play it. I know if you are learning you do not want to spend $1000 on a guitar because if you do not stay with it its a lot of money down the drain. But you get what you pay for. So for the price I'll try to be fair and give this a . . .

Indonesian made. Overall good qality.

I like the sound a lot. It's loud too. Get new strings right away, I tried D'Addario J 45 and they are great. Martin SP Light sounds on it very nice too.

It came from factory with horrible strings and string action WAY too high. It was unplayable. After lowering nut it was much, much better. Otherwise all was OK. When you buy it new have your local luthier take a look at it and adjust nut if needed.

Will last forever.

Did not try.

After adjusting the nut I like it a lot. This is my first guitar and I play about a year now. THis guitar has a fairly narrow neck. You may want to try other guitars with wider necks to see if they are easier to paly.

it's made in Indonasia. it has 20 frets. Acoustic.

its sound is good. i like it a lot. but you cannot compare it with other known brand. sometimes the strings gives uncontrolled sound, if you know what i mean. it "Buzzes" sometime.

this guitar has no flaws. it is well finished and looks cool too.

it is quite reliable if you comapre it with other inexpensive brands. i can count on it. i like it a lot.

warrany is for 90 days but i never needed it. well, it is a nice guitar and i don't think one would ever ask for help.

this is the only guitar thati own. so, i have reasions to like it. but honestly i will give it 6 out of 10 as sometimes i don't like its voice. its voice is sometimes not accurate. its strings "Buzz" a lot.

I bought this guitar just cause it was cheap and i wanted a good acoustic that wasn't too expensive. I love this guitar! i have dropped it and knocked it over and banged it into walls and stuff and it still looks plays and sounds fine! I played electric for a year and half before i bought this guitar, and i still like playing electric more but i wanted an acoustic to take on the road and write songs on and stuff and this is a great guitar if your looking for a cheap but great guitar. if you are a hardcore acoustic player i would look elsewhere though.

it suits my style fine, i play just about everything. i have absolutely no dislikes about this guitar

the action is pretty good, a little higher than i'm used to but it plays great. the finish is really good and i think it will last for a while

it would withstand live playing but when i play live i use my electric. the finish is probably gonna last a long time. I could probably depend on this guitar for the rest of my life. if i ever got an acoustic gig i would use it without a backup

i have been playing for 2 years but i have been playing acoustic for 6 months. i own a fender standard strat that i am going to trade for an epiphone les paul standard. i also own an american standard strat. If it were stolen i would buy another in a heartbeat because it's cheap durable and most of all it sounds great. I love everything about this guitar, i compared it to many cheap fenders at the store and didnt like them as much as this. it is a great guitar for the price

Features are listed on the specification page on the Yamaha web site http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gACO00004F310. Of the 20 frets, up to 15 are fairly easily accessible fretting in the 12th position, which is about as high as you'd want to go with a guitar of this quality, I think. My natural finish model was made in Indonesia, bought in 2001, but uncertain about year of manufacture. The only gripe I have is the single strap peg at the bottom but none on top. With the guitar I selected a gig bag, Korg tuner (a necessity!), and strap.

As a beginning guitarist experimenting with different sounds ranging from acoustic rock, blues and some folk, I found this guitar reasonably suitable for all of them. The E-A-D bass strings have a strong, resonant sound for playing rock-based power chords. The G seems a bit dull with little sustain, but the B and high-E strings ring loud and clear. Overall the sound is rich in the lower ranges and bright in the higher ranges. The low-E string supplied with the guitar isn't very suitable for drop D tuning, giving off too much vibration and potential buzz. Struck too hard, the top 3 bass strings will resonate the adjacent strings. I think a string change would have a significant effect on the sound, depending on what you chose. The sound coming out of the chamber off the wood is clear and loud. Hammer-ons and bends take a bit too much effort and there is little sustain with the strings supplied. As a whole, I like the sound coming from the guitar and see a lot of potential after a string change suited to playing style.

As a whole, the guitar was ready for play right from get-go. It seems to need constant tuning as it goes a little flat after a few practice sessions, but tightening the tuning keys a little should help solve that problem. The bracings, fittings, and finishing are all what you would expect from a guitar of this price range... perhaps even a bit better. For the money, the guitar looks nice in natural finish. The guitar's interior struts, bracing and ribs are entirely unfinished and glued on, so it's clear this is where the cost savings came into play. The action as I bought the guitar was Ok... all frets up to 15 were playable, but probably set a bit too high. I left it the way it was to develop strength and good habits early, although it meant achin' fingers to develop the callouses necessary to play this guitar comfortably after a few weeks. Lower action, combined with lower guage strings would probably suit the beginner better.

This guitar seems durable enough, even in hot, humid climates like Malaysia (where I live, as an American). It seems logical that a guitar built in the tropics (Indonesia, in this case) would be best suited for the climate here. A guitar, even a quality one, made in drier climates might have problems in this climate. As with any guitar, inexpensive or not, I'd treat it with care. It seems solid enough, but the finish is soft and too rough treatment is likely to damage the guitar.

No contact. I haven't had the need to visit the store where I bought the guitar, except to buy some tablature books!

I've been playing about three months, self-taught, with just this guitar, and progressed very far with it. It is reliable and fun to play (especially after that first 3-week period of building up those fret finger callouses!). Would I buy another if it were stolen? Maybe, but I know enough now to more intelligently shop for another acoustic... or save a little longer to get an electric. For the beginner who really has no idea how to shop for a guitar, I don't see how you can go wrong with Yamaha's F-310 for starters.

Nice beginners guitar, first proper guitar i got, looks ugly inside but who the hell is gonna see that and it don't matter cause it's strong and it holds the guitar together and it still sounds good, i got mine for #115 with a gig bag, the guitar was only 110 so the ba was only 5 extra. This is an aoustic guitar, nothing more nothing less. You shouldn't expect this to make your dreams come true, it is just an acoustic guitar but it is nice, people should not put it down.

Nice sound, if u strum it it sounds great, nuff said.

Nice set up, couldn't find anything wrong. Nice colour.

Can be damaged, i got a couple of dents from playing in small music rooms but still held together and i've had this guitar for about 5-6yrs. Strings still fine and still sound great.

I've been playing for 6 yrs now and this guitar is still going strong for me, never felt the need to change the strings as they still sound fine and i've given them a good bashing.

This guitar has 20 frets, a laminate spruce top, and mahogany sides and neck with a rosewood fretboard. The Rosette is a decal and mine started to peel a little after 6 months. The finish is satin on the top with high gloss neck and sides.

Despite the average construction (laminate woods) this guitar has a nice round, mellow sound at low volumes, any attempt at playing louder than a normal speaking voice results in buzzing and string slap on the lower frets.

The action from the factory sucked worse than anything you can imagine. The neck, nut, and bridge were wet such that the strings rested almost a finger's width away from the fretboard, the intonation was horrible, and from b through high e there were 5 dead frets below 12. It took two trips to the local guitar shop and app. 50$ to make it decently playable.

This guitar seems very fragile, I was told by the luthier who repaired my action and readjusted the truss rod that this guitar has a life expectancy of about three years, if I'm lucky and to never put any strings on it heavier than extra light guages to spare the neck.

fair.

I've been playing now about three years, I also own a Dean acoustic guitar which was cheaper than this Yamaha and kicks it's ass in every rated category you see here. I wouldn't buy another Yamaha again, just because this one has soured me. I bought it mostly due to a lack of education about guitars and a lack of funds. The salesman helped too by talking it up inappropriately. I wish I had a Taylor acoustic, in my opinion they are the Holy Grail, followed by Martins.