@math07 I think it applies. 
This is a good thread because I am currently battling a bit of GAS because while looking at strings over on the Sweetwater website, I came across this:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SEHB2FBB–prs-se-hollowbody-ii-electric-guitar-faded-blue-burst
which is not only $300 US off but has this financing deal where it would be interest free for 36 months and only coast me a bit under $28 per month.
It’s very, very pretty, and I can afford this.
BUT I have 2 electric guitars, one I don’t like so much and the PRS which I love and a really nice Breedlove electric/acoustic, and to paraphrase many good things @HappyCat said, it isn’t going to make me play any better, and maybe I can do something to my Bullet Squier to make it a better guitar (going to try different strings first), and also where would I put it? (Not to mention the look the husband gave me when I mentioned it… 
though he would have no trouble at all with me buying the components to make a cigar box guitar.)
So, I think you wonderful people have already helped me say no and I should wait at least till I graduate from Grade 2 before getting another guitar, and that is still months away. (sigh)
Instead, I could save up that money for the new speakers I need for my stereo system in the living room, as we recently moved the speakers I do have into what is now the TV/Media/Music/no dogs allowed room. The used soundbar my SIL gave us simply isn’t cutting it.
Unless you all unanimously say, “oh, no, buy that now, because you’ll never get as good a deal as this one!” 
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You only live once… if it will make you happy and play guitar more… then go for it… if it’s only going to sit in the corner while you play your other guitars pass on it… if it will replace one of your guitars then trade that one in or donate it to charity… the choice is yours caller 
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I find that acquiring GPS is the best way to control GAS as GPS shows you how to significantly improve the sound of your existing guitars. GPS = Guitar Playing Syndrome.
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I’m glad you defined that abbreviation Tony as I was initially thinking you were saying using the Global Positioning System was the best way to control GAS as it would guide you to your nearest guitar store.
That’s hilarious! I’m gonna see where my closest one is right now! I feel the urge
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I’m pretty sure they’ll show you a few pedals, profilers etc to improve the sound of your guitar.
That’s a good point GAS doesn’t just mean new guitars.
Using my acoustic amplifier (a good quality one) also makes a big improvement to the sound of my playing. I personally just love sitting down, unplugged and noodling away on my acoustic guitar. Often do it for an hour or two each day.
Had a gathering of musos at our place recently and one of them was inquiring about the fancy new pickup I had fitted recently and wanted to hear it. So I plugged it into my amp and played several songs that are on my daily rotation and that I thought I did well.
Gadzooks was I shocked to hear it amplified. All those little mistakes / untidy things you don’t hear unplugged you do hear amplified.
I still play mostly unplugged but if planning an amplified performance I spend several weeks before playing only amplified and am amazed at how quickly my playing gets tidier and cleaner.
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And to think there are devices to capture the unplugged sound of your guitar to replicate the sound via an amplifier.
I’m beginning to think I have ADHD. Amp Dependent Harmonic Disorder
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You see, the guys selling guitars (or selling anything else for that matter) know very well that a rational person might try to control GAS by following points 1 and 2 (which involves waiting a month or 2) so they try to prevent it by making special offers that the GAS guy in your mind tells you you can’t pass on as the same offer won’t be available later.
Making mods on a guitar can be a cheaper way of dealing with GAS. You might be surprised how much you can easily improve your Squier. My Affinity tele is my cheapest guitar (200$) The others are classic vibes (400-500$). It has a really nice neck and feels the best in my hands so I just replaced the pickups (with Tonerider Alnico 2 blues pickups which are not expensive) put in better pots and control knobs - total cost around 90$ - and it sounds great and feels great and it’s the guitar I want to pick up most and play.
Mind you that blue PRS is a looker!!!
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And being a mechanical engineer this is really right up my alley, at least it ought to be. The Squier only cost me $159. Plus, the hubby is an electrical engineer and knows about things like soldering which I’ve never done, though I suppose it ought to be easier than the oxyacetylene welding I did in college. And I also like the feel of that guitar, it just always sounded tinny to me no matter what I did with the knobs, so this could be a good winter project.
In the meantime, I really, really do actually need new speakers for the living room, and oh look, they have the same 36 month financing deal for some of those… 
So, yeah, the guitar can wait till I get into Grade 3. (Besides, I kind of want a yellow one anyway.)
Just to add a bit of “fuel to the fire”, Rebecca, log onto your Sweetwater account, search for Epiphone Viper Blue & check out the Epi Sheraton that is shockingly beautiful & a really great deal + the financing deal too……
All you UKers out there can see the Viper Blue guitars at Anderton’s …
You Canadians can check at Long & McQuade’s
Gibson is doing them at a much loftier price range… multiple types, I’m in trouble here… the Blue SG is only $19 a month…
Don’t look @firasR … Don’t Look 
!!!
Tod
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Rebecca, is your Squier a strat or something else? My modded Squier is a tele and they really don’t come simpler than that. But the beauty of a strat or tele is the design that allows you to easily change any of the parts and a huge number of aftermarket parts at all prices. You don’t have to spend a lot of money unless you want the best bridge, tuners, special tremolo block (if it’s a Strat) and boutique pickups - another potential sub-form of GAS (component acquisition syndrome CAS) . I’m sure that with not very expensive components you can make your Squier sound nicer. If the neck isn’t nice and needs a lot of work, then it’s a different situation as you need tools
If it’s a Strat then obviously it’s slightly more complicated than a tele but the great thing is that all the different wiring options are available as diagrams online and quite a few different ways of wiring the pickups for different tones. For 2 engineers (mechanical and electrical) it’s childsplay and a lot of fun. If you are a mechanical engineer, you can even calculate the exact force required to stretch the strings with the tremolo to an exact pitch - just for fun! - totally beyond a biology researcher like me but probably easy for you.
I greatly enjoyed modding my Squier for a very small amount of money and with really big improvements. The sound is lovely. My Squier might get new tuners and a new bridge this winter. As the weather gets colder and I can’t ride my multiple motorcycles, bought because of chronic 30 year motorcycle acquisition syndrome, CAS is starting to kick in and nearer Xmas and nearer the end of module 2, GAS will start getting to me
Hold my beer, while I demonstrate how quickly I can plough through that batch!
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Did someone say blue guitar? 
That Epiphone Sheraton Viper Blue is gorgeous looking 
But I already have a PRS SE NF3 in Ice Blue Metallic & Rosewood on my to buy next list
@Prof_Thunder another tip/idea to curb the GAS (cause I’ve got a guitar buying obsession always looking for that perfect one), since on average the guitars I buy are around $1000 - $1200 I’ve started a guitar buying fund which I deposit $150/month into. I’ve limited myself to only buying a guitar once I’ve saved enough money in this fund so that gives me at least 6-8 months of forced waiting time before I can buy the next guitar. A bit convulted, but it’s working so far…
Only 4 months to go before I can buy that PRS SE NF3 tick tock 
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You are so BAD! That is VERY pretty.
nononononono
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Oh it’s been too many years to me trying to figure that out! lol
It’s strat shaped but it has a fixed bridge, I figured it would be quite a while before I wanted to play around with a bridge that moves! I like the shape of the neck and the feel but I do remember somewhere between the 18th and 22nd fret one of the frets is “off” one of the strings is dead against it. When I had it set up locally the guy apparently never discovered that, I did while messing around one day. Wasn’t too big a deal while I was only using the open chords (and mostly still am, lol). But even if I can’t find a way for me to fix that yet, I definitely will play around with other stuff.
