Guitar setup and maintainance

Many beginners make a very serious mistake by not taking care of their instruments. And the result is that, the playability on the instrument is dramatically degraded even if you have gained a good skill on your fingers. And it happens that you start thinking its your fault. But actually the fault is that due to poor maintenance your guitar is not in a condition to be played fluently. Your guitar may look clean and shining but is it all required for fluent playability? No.
 There are many things that you must consider. The first is the set up of your guitar. Periodically take your guitar for set up to the guitar shop. You should carefully choose the correct set of string gauge.
As a beginner, one should go for light gauges of strings. One should use a pick or plectrum as it is called which is neither very thick nor very thin. But for rhythm playing I suggest you to go for thin picks in the beginning. The nest thing is that you should check the action of your guitar. Action means the height of strings from the fret or the fretboard. The action must be low for a good playability. Keep your guitar always in the guitar bag or case whatever you have because the temperature and humidity changes in the surrounding may cause your guitar to go out of order- the most common problem being witnessed is the neck bend. So keep checking regularly to ensure that the neck of your guitar is straight. Further, after playing guitar, wipe the strings as it will soak out any kind of sweat or dirt from the strings. Also keep changing the strings on a regular basis because with time, the strings start loosing there brightness and real tone characteristics.