Advantages: Easy to learn on, good size.
Disadvantages: Only six spare strings.

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Advantages: high quality, good price
Disadvantages: the CD is unpleasant

...I was a person who had just finished school; and I had definitely needed to learn something. I had thus decided to buy a Guitar. I bought the Yamaha acoustic F310 for a reasonable whole Argos price of £100, I chose this one because it was rated as a very good beginner guitar. The rating I had recieved on my computer on a page called about.com top 5 begginer acoustics. F3100 is number 2. I would be 18 years and before I buyed the F310 I would have never held a guitar before in my life so I did not have an absolute idea how to play it. It was thus by practicing and experimenting for many hours on the Guitar every day and playing along with each other guitar instrument, the best that I could; By doing this it were thus sought that I would beome a good guitarist and musician. To put the review of this particular guitar more simply... Read review

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Advantages: High quality for price, durable
Disadvantages: Accompanying book is of little use

...I have had my F 310 now for over two years and would be delighted to recommend it as a first, or even second acoustic guitar. The start up package that I got all those years ago (2 years seems like an age ago now somehow) included the Yamaha F 310 acoustic guitar, beginner songbook and an accompanying CD. The guitar itself is of a high quality for the price, and I'm pretty sure that it's the UK's premier selling acoustic guitar at the moment. It is not difficult to see why, with a warm and potentially powerful tone, this is a quality bit for kit for the price paid. Admittedly this guitar cannot compare to the top ranged guitars both aesthetically and in terms of tone, but if you want to save a cool £5k, you can't complain really! The guitar is beautiful enough, as a matter of fact, with quality steel gear heads to ensure ease... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, starter guitar
Disadvantages: cheap-looking finish, small

.... This means that for me, the bad points of the Yamaha F310 are its small body and narrow neck, the low height of the strings above the fretboard, the comparitively dead sound, and the look. However, try it out yourself, you might like it! It is a Yamaha, so it is a good quality guitar, and for a very reasonable price (it was going for £75 where I saw it), so it is definitely worth considering. Apparently you can get this guitar in a pack with other accessories, but I did not experience this so cannot comment on their worth.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent value for money, good quality, great sound
Disadvantages: Tremolo not perfect

...Having began learning the guitar on an acoustic Yamaha F 310 (see my other review of this fantastic starter guitar) I bought The Pacifica 112 as my first electric. Electric guitars in general offer a range of benefits over acoustic guitars, notably a wider range of sounds and playing styles, which I will not go into, except to recommend purchasing an electric as your first guitar due to its relative ease of play. This is brought about by the fact that the strings are under less tension, meaning that you don't have to apply as much pressure on the strings with your fretting hand, which reduces the wear on your finger tips and the onset of finger fatigue. So now that, hopefully, you've decided to purchase an electric guitar, which one should you choose? I remember being swamped with different choices on which guitar to buy... Read review

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