Yamaha STORIA III: Western Steel String Acoustic Guitar with Passive Under-Saddle Pickup and Select Tonewoods Deliver Clear Rich Sounds, Comfortable Full Size Concert Body in Dark Chocolate

Nobody beats Yamaha in this price range. I have many friends who own F370s and F310s. The F370 is described as a "beginner's" guitar because it has a slightly shorter scale length, which is utter nonsense. There are far more expensive, high-end guitars with short-scale lengths. I wanted a budget guitar that does the business and is easy to play as I bang out songs and strum for long periods of time during performances. I also own a gorgeous high-end Takamine but for a working guitar, I prefer the Yamaha F370. The neck is to die for, particularly for strumming and almost as effortless to play as some of my electric guitars. I actually like the laminate top as it's not so affected by temperatures when I'm out and about in Winter and less prone to cracking. Don't be fooled by the detractors; the tone on these F370s is spot on. I find it sounds best with .012 gauge strings and if you need to fit a pickup, don't mess about and permanently install a "Fishman Neo D Humbucker Sound Hole Pickup". I use it with an external active DI Box or a pre-amp box. I go to events with other players who pay fortunes for electro-acoustics and they all want to know how I get the sound and tone that I do with the F370 when plugged in with the Fishman pickup. I think of it as my "secret weapon" for events and if I ever had to replace it I'd be 100% sure to buy another F370. amazing instruments for the money.

I am a beginner level guitar player and my guitar teacher recommended a Yamaha to replace my 20 year old guitar I was using that was going out of tune quickly and very hard to play.Got a second hand F370 on here but it came with all original packaging looking brand new and instantly I could feel the improvement vs my old one. Playing is SO much easier and less painful on the fingers.The sound is a bit "buzzy" but a lot clearer than my previous one even the other students have noticed the improved volume and sound.I got the black one and it's stunning - looks very cool.For some reason it came without the Yamaha bag which was listed in the product description so I got in contact directly with Yamaha customer service who sent me a new bag within 2 weeks.Pretty chuffed with overall experience with customer service and also the quality of guitar and would recommend this to any beginner!

The yamaha f370 is good guitar for beginners who want to learn playing guitar .It comes in good and safe packagingIs nice shape and easy to play as it's very light I would recommend to replace the strings for good ones .Other then that is is good quality price

I've been learning guitar this year on a Rockburn electric guitar which has been great fun but in many of the videos online (which is how I'm learning guitar - seriously, check out the number of first class guitar teachers have posted easy to learn lessons on there, YouTube is such an incredible resource) the teacher is using an acoustic guitar, something I've not used since I was a teen and had a cheap Argos knockoff with plastic strings.So I decided to buy a proper guitar, not too cheap, not too expensive, and this Yamaha F370 Natural model was my choice - and I made the right one! It's light but not insubstantial. It's smooth and looks well built - the neck especially looks very sleek, strong, and well made. Playing it is a huge difference to playing an electric guitar, the sound of the acoustic is so much richer and deeper. Songs like Green Day's "Time of Your Life", the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood", and Tom Petty's "Free-falling" all sound different on acoustic, and so much better. One of my favourite things to do these summer nights is sit on my balcony and knock out the songs I've learnt into the night - for some reason the guitar sounds better in the open air.For anyone getting serious about their guitar playing, this is an inexpensive and well made, great sounding guitar that I highly recommend. I love playing it and the music coming from it is awesome, you can hear every string in every chord perfectly.NB. There are 20 frets not 21 as noted in the product description.

The finish on the guitar is superb. Frets are well finished and the intonation good. The action isn't too high straight out of the box. The playability is great and the sound is rich. A lovely instrument.

Nothing to dislike. Just took a bit of time to get used to smaller size after playing dreadnoughts. Sound quality is rich and action is low but not too low. Went all over fret board checking tuning and it's spot on.