Required Reading for Guitar Player 101, "How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great!" by Dan Erlewine, available from Stew-Mac, and any major bookstore, from Headstock to Tailpiece it shows you how to maintain your guitar, set-ups, stringing, cleaning, blah, blah, blah, ad infinitum, I wish someone would have written a book like that about 25 years ago, if you are not the DIYer type, take Uncle Schmange's advice and find a reputable shop and develop a relationship there, or just go to your local guitar mall and let some goofus in the back room who drew the short straw that day,practice learning, how to work on your guitars, he'll not only do a poor job, he'll also charge you for it.........................................