Yamaha F310, C40 or CS40

Hai folks,

I am a very beginner student who wants to start learning how to play an accoustic guitar. From my guitar searching, i came up with some Yamaha guitars, and now i need all guitar experts to give me some suggestion, which guitar i should purchase as a novice player: Yamaha F310, Yamaha C40 or Yamaha CS40 or any other guitars which suits for a beginner as me.

As a note: for which ever guitar of that Yamaha guitars i stated here, i have no problem in budget issue and want to keep that guitar for a long time even if i become more expert in playing guitar in the future. To keep that guitar for a long time means that guitar can be used to play any kinds of more complicated songs in the future.

Thank you for all your help.

u can never go wrong with the f310p...that was my begginer guitar...durable and long lasting...nice clean sound to it...

yamaha makes very sturdy acoustic guitars. my acoustic is probably 20 years old, and ill still take it to summer camps, swim meets, etc. i taught myself on it. we go way back :D course by now it doesnt sound good for recordings or anything, and its pretty beat up. but i still love the thing.

I will second F310. I had it for about 10 years and was very happy with it. Great beginner guitar, and Yamaha strings that come with it have very nice bright sound. Easy to play, good action, durable.

Hi all especially for Konman and Jeff,

Does that Yamaha F310 have nylon or steel strings? Which strings are better for a novice player?

Originally Posted by: RL-TXHi all especially for Konman and Jeff,

Does that Yamaha F310 have nylon or steel strings? Which strings are better for a novice player?

psh, and no thanks for rockonn. isnt that typical? :p jk, man.

nylon and steel strings feel and sound completely different. i'd say nylon is easier to play, but they have virtually no volume and probably wont help you as much if say you switch to electric and have to adjust to these metal strings.

i'd just say go with the steel strings, cuz that way you can play and others will hear, and it will help you improve more in my opinion. also, with nylon strings you cant really play chords. who wants that? lol.

the strings that F310 comes with are light gauge=easy to play, not as easy as nylons, but duable. You'll get your "guitar circumcision" (calluses) and build strength.
And you cannot put nylon strings on F310.

P.S. But if you want to play only classical music, you are going to need nylon-string guitar, though.

Originally Posted by: konman
P.S. But if you want to play only classical music, you are going to need nylon-string guitar, though.

not necesarilly, i do alot of classical and neoclassical on my steel stringed acoustic. but it is alot easier. im just being picky :p