Solid top or laminate, and how to tell · review
The steel-string that turns up on every beginner list: spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, meranti back and sides, and chrome enclosed tuners.
What it amounts to The default recommendation, and it deserves the position: consistent, full-size, and honest about its woods.
Ask any guitar teacher for a first steel-string and the F310 will be in the answer. It has been in production long enough that its quality control is a known quantity, which matters more at this price than any single specification.
The recipe is the standard one, done properly: a spruce top for brightness and projection, meranti back and sides, a rosewood fingerboard, and chrome enclosed tuners that keep dust out of the gears.
The dreadnought body is the loudest common shape, which is what makes practicing without an amplifier rewarding. It is also the largest, and that is the one reason to consider something else — a smaller frame will find an hour of holding it tiring.
Steel strings hurt at first. That is not a defect of this guitar; it is what steel strings do to fingertips that have not built up yet, and it passes in a few weeks.
| Body shape | Dreadnought, 4/4 |
|---|---|
| Top | Spruce |
| Back and sides | Meranti |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood |
| Strings | Steel |
| Tuners | Chrome, enclosed |
| Amazon reference | B000WITGQO (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4957812306799 |
Steel strings are brighter and louder and suit pop, folk and rock; nylon is softer on the fingers and suits classical and bossa. They are not interchangeable: nylon strings on a steel-string guitar sound dead, and steel strings on a classical can damage it.
It is the largest common body shape. For a smaller frame, a concert or a small dreadnought — like the Rocktile in this family — is easier to hold for an hour.
7.8/ 10
The default recommendation, and it deserves the position: consistent, full-size, and honest about its woods.
Shown because the accessory names this instrument itself.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 18, 2026.
A first steel-string for an adult or teenager who wants the classic strummed sound.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for musical instruments and gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Dreadnought · mahogany body · walnut fingerboard · X-bracing
Fender’s long-running beginner dreadnought: mahogany body, walnut fingerboard, X-bracing and die-cast tuners, with a two-year Fender warranty behind it.
Best for: A first steel-string that will hold tuning while the hands are learning.
Small dreadnought · cutaway · linden body · bag and accessories
A deliberately smaller dreadnought — shorter, narrower and about 1.5 cm (0.6 in) shallower — with a cutaway, sold with a bag, strap, spare strings, two picks and a truss-rod key.
Best for: A younger player, a smaller frame, or a guitar that has to travel.
Classical · nylon strings · wider fingerboard · 4/4
The nylon-string counterpart: a full-size classical with a wider fingerboard, spruce top and meranti back and sides — softer on the fingers and a different instrument entirely.
Best for: Classical and fingerstyle, or anyone whose fingertips are the obstacle.
