Yamaha f310, not solid top?

haz_pro · 10 Sep 2011 at 23:30

First acoustic guitar help.

Hey everyone,

Looking to get my first acoustic guitar and came across this. Done a search on here and most people reccomend it for my budget of circa 100 GBP.

I was going to buy it tonight until i remembered my friend saying about not getting a guitar without a solid front (f310 doesn't have!), should this be a deal breaker? Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Dazzy · 11 Sep 2011 at 09:57

Thats a very small amount of money for a guitar! It may be worth remembering with musical instruments especially you tend to get what you pay for.

On the other hand, I have a couple of very cheap guitars with laminate tops and they are not so bad. BUT if you get serious with it they will likely need replacing very quickly.

haz_pro · 11 Sep 2011 at 11:13

Thank you for your view. I see what you are saying...

I did assume you get what you pay for, however having seen that 70+ percent reviews on amazon were 5star I thought it seemed like a good deal ( I now think that maybe all of the reviews were by beginners like myself)

The next step up it seems would be the fg700ms, this is about 160 GBP which is a fair whack above what I wanted to spend... Not sure what to do now... :-/

Lydzor · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:53

I personally still love my F-310 which I got over 10 years ago now. Sure it's not the best quality but it is pretty solid. I prefer it to some more expensive acoustics I've tried in fact. Maybe try it out and see what you reckon?

haz_pro · 11 Sep 2011 at 16:49

Thanks for posting.

I have decided to do as advised by most guitarists which is to go to a shop and actually try out the guitars.

I am going to go on Thursday to a shop and try out the f310 and the fg700ms to see if I think it's worth the extra! :-)

Elixir · 12 Sep 2011 at 14:26

Hey brosef, I have the FG700MS and it sounds awesome, but that's probably just because I'm playing it.

Good luck in that guitar shop, make sure you take someone who is a superb guitarist so you can hear what they sound like. Oh you are? Cool.

haz_pro · 12 Sep 2011 at 15:34

Cheers for the advice...

I'm taking someone, as I said above, how ever he's not great, but ill make do as he is (slightly) better then me...

haz_pro · 16 Sep 2011 at 13:24

Ok, went to the shop (and as one review i saw suggested) the fg700ms i saw had a loud buzz on the first string...

Called a few other shops and none have it in stock, and i wouldnt want to risk ordering it in and then it having the same problem (although i know they dont all have this issue as my friends doesnt..)...

Now I am looking for suggestions for an acoustic guitar, up to 160-180 gbp, any one got experience with an acoustic guitar in this price range?