Yamaha F310 vs Takamine D20/D50

[wifiabc]

Hi,
Has anyone played these guitars before? Which is the better guitar ?

Thanks

 

[edyeo123]

Both are decent. Both top are made of laminated wood. If it's playability, Yamaha will be good, however it is a little overpriced. Takamine is cheap and good too...

In my opinion, i will rather go for other brands than these 2.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I'd recommend the Yamaha F310 tone-wise, since I use one as my backup and it really sounds good. Only thing is that it was poorly maintained and is giving me problems now.

Do consider these brands. I find that they are more bang-for-buck specs-wise as compared with big names like Yamaha and Takamine, as some have pickups and still cost below $300-350.
- Cort (Swee Lee)
- J&D (Music Theme, Ranking Sports and Music)
- Custom Acoustic (City Music)

And do try Acepro acoustics at Standard Value / SV Guitars if possible. Mike (the owner) brought in the Yamaha F310 before and if he says that the Acepros are better yet cheaper, I'd take his word for it.

 

[Ex14]

I feel eugene's mentioned brand are the best ones which are value for money haha a sweet all maple J&D bro guitr cost like 200-300 dollars if i rmb it corretcly. i'm currently eyeing a custom acoustic as well. I als own a Cort and it sounds awesome (though no Pickups >.<)

 

[LadyInTears]

f310 hands down.
playability to the max, i can sweep on mine.

 

[wifiabc]

Hi,
Thanks for the help everyone. What do you all think about the J&D DG108?

I want to check out the J&D DG108 specs but can't find it on the J&D website :http://www.jandd-guitars.com/ . Is it a discontinued model?

 

[edyeo123]

J&D doesn't update their site frequently. Btw, regarding the J&D guitars, i still find the action a little high after seeing that the saddle is already low on the bridge.

I would recommend you to get the Fina 3150. It's solid top and going for $250 @ Davis i think...

 

[wifiabc]

Thanks. After searching the forum and google, decided to get a solid top. Trying to keep budget to < $300. How do the Cort Earth 60 and Cort Earth 70 compare with the Fina 3150. Anyone played the Cort Earth 60 / 70 before?

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I've tried the Cort Earth 70E before, it's not bad at all in fact. Very nice, simple dreadnought acoustic guitar with a Fishman Ion pickup system. I'd say it's more worth the money than the J&D DG108 and the Fina 3150 because it has a pickup and yet has a solid spruce top (if I'm not wrong, the piece I tried at Swee Lee didn't have the 'Solid-top' sticker).

The problem I had with the Cort Earth 70E was that the top looked a little low-grade, but I'd still say it's more worth it over the other two. My humble opinion.