Thanks to all for the input. I do plan on changing the strings out as soon as I can get up to the music store. I will ask for the strings you recommend and see if that helps. I did check the intonation and from what I can tell, it's right.

We'll see and thanks again. I can say that of all of the forums that I have visited on the web, this is, by far, the most friendly and most informative that I've seen.