So I went to that sale i mentioned in another post... and came home with my first guitar -- Yamaha F310. :D

I must have spent at least 2-3 hours there, trying out all the other guitars (yes,,, even the ones i couldn't afford :P) with the only two chords that i knew -- G major and C major :lol:

Anyways, the sales person got me a new one that was already tuned and packaged nicely in a box -- and thus i didn't bother opening it up to check it (yes... stupid me).

I was just wondering whether the patterning of the wood would make any difference -- there are two spots on the guitar that have a weird pattern (see pictures below)

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Should I go and see if I can make an exchange?

Congrats on your new guitar! I hope you enjoy the guitar as much as I do with my new guitar. Haha.

Oh. Don't worry about those irregular lines on your top, my guitar also has a few of those. The lines are not exactly straight.. I believe acoustic guitarists call it 'bear claw' marks.. or something like that. It shouldn't affect the sound. Just make sure it isn't a bump or a dent on the wood, because that would make a difference.

Have you given your guitar a name yet!? Just curious... haha.

thanks for clarifying!!

btw, ppl name their guitars? lol. i thought it was only a car thing :lol:

Anything that is of value to a person and he/she considers it his/her baby, the do usually name it.

Mine's a conjoined twin, Simon & Patrick. :lol: (... ok, yeah I know it's lame and getting kind old now. I haven't really named mine actually.)

Congrats cLam on the guitar. I probably would have gotten that same guitar if I didn't have a friend to borrow a guitar to practice before buying one.

C'mon cLam. You've gotta come out to an outing with us. Natalie and Ryan (perhaps a little bit myself as well) can teach you about the guitar.

congrats on ya new guitar !!

:D looks liek u got ur problem solved .

congrats on ur 1st guitar,Clam..
at least u bought the one that u wanted..
i also want a yamaha F310 but on the day that i've planed to buy that guitar, i found the other guitar and didn't buy the Yamaha F310..

haha~... when's the next outing? I'll see if i can make it -- though my summer's pretty hectic, especially with summer school starting next month (yuck!) :(

The next outing is still undecided yet. But right now, we are looking at either Monday July 2 or Sunday July 8. Check our Outing thread:

http://z14.invisionfree.com/YUI_Lover/inde...post&p=10267860

The discussion of the next outing starts with Orange Toast - Posted: May 28 2007, 11:46 PM

And we'll also do a special outing on Monday July 16 with Brad coming all the way from Texas. For those that can make it we can meet in the morning or afternoon. If not, at least try to make it for the dinner that night. That would be awesome.

:o sugee...congrats~!
those marks looks funny..never seen them before...
it does make your guitar look unique in a way :lol:

theyre speed marks they make the guitar play faster *____* :guitar

Grats on the guitar. Wow I envy you. You have so much pros willing to help you. Oh ya I was just wondering, has there been any YL outings at all in any part of the US that I don't know of? :huhuhu

I don't think so. Many of the U.S. members are spread all over the country so it's difficult to have an outing.

Yeah Snake that's so true. Hopefully there will be.

Really? I didn't know that! :o My guitar should be super fast too!

Haha.

hahahaha.... i'll tell you how true that is... after i finish learning all the chords..... including the F-chord >___<

hehe, nice guitar you have there! and don't worry about the irregular lines. They don't affect the sound in anyway.

And good luck in your guitar learning!

ooh gratz on the new guitar! =)

looks a lot like mine lol XD

do you also have a f310 as well? ^__^


and soo...
after having gotten the guitar for 3 days.. and been practicing at least 6 hours each day.. i can no longer feel anything on my left hand... aside from the numbing pain...

That's good, cLam. It's normal. So keep up the practicing! Hopefully you'll be able to come out to one of our outings.

I name pretty much all of my guitars - although it makes it a bit harder when I have to let them go :(

definitely... i'll definitely try to make it to one of the outings :)

hey cLam congrats!

in the future when you're buying another guitar (and if you don't feel confident in your playing yet) make sure you ask the store people to play something for you - that way you can make sure everything looks right and if something sounds wrong you can have them fix it for you immediately

+ make sure you name your guitar since it kind of builds a stronger bond between you two (although it may seem a little freaky at first)

have fun and don't stop practicing!