I play the electric guitar for 6 years, never tooked lessons, and I work as a system administrator, so I don't have much free time, all to say that I'm not good :) (Joe's and some other guys fault, that make all the rest of the guys look bad :) ) I have the cheapest Aria I could bought that time, but I had to tune the arm a few times, I even had to REPLACE the FRETS! yeah! I don't play that hard, so I guess it's just bad material. These I put are going the same way. Is this common ? never heard of no one with this situation. I would like to a new guitar, a Jackson MG Series Dinky DXMG Black, kind of intermediate model. Does anyone have some ideas about this guitar ? May the rock be with you.