Yes it does, mine is already on order
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Damn you Todd!! My wishlist is growing bigger because of you. That Blue Viper SG is sweet looking, as is this Epi LP 
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When I wrote the original post, I hadn’t realised that blue GAS was such an intense sub-category of GAS. 
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It was my own little secret obsession until Tod (@CATMAN62) uncovered it and now he just tortures me with blue gems of guitars every now & then
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We’re in a marketing driven world. (Thanks Freud).
There’s an unconscious bias that having an additional guitar, new pedal, new whatever will make us happier, better, more fulfilled.
If there are problems with your current gear, yeah, new stuff might be better and make you happier. But if you’ve got 3 electrics and you only ever play 1 - well, why would you need 4? Unless you’re some kind of collector, and that’s a different thing. If you’re into buying and owning guitars, that’s cool, it’s just not the same as playing.
I can’t say I’ve cured GAS, but I’ve reduced from 2 electrics and 2 acoustics to 1 of each (plus the kid’s knockabout acoustic). I got rid of the others after almost never playing them, I just have my favourites. And I do have my eye on getting another electric in a different scale length… hmm.
TBH I think the trick is to not spend your time scrolling through guitar shops or looking at guitars on instagram/youtube/whatever.
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There ought to be a sub-category of blues music about the “Special” Blues ya get when somebody steals your blue guitar!!!
Seriously, I would be pretty much crushed if anything happened to my guitars… there’s a special something about every one I’ve ever owned & they’re dear to me in their own way!
Tod
My wife once asked me a question in all sincerity that I’ve used as a “touch stone” ever since.
I was a fairly early adopter in home computing. I bought a Commodore 64 when they first came out. Later, I was excited because the Commodore 128 was announced. When I told my wife, she said “what will it do that you need, that the one you have won’t do?”
I couldn’t answer that, and ever since, when I’m looking at “upgrading” anything, I ask myself that question. If I can’t answer it (and I usually can’t) I don’t make the purchase.
That has gone a long way to keep me from getting GAS.
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Maybe not ‘cured’ James, but well under control by the sound of it! I also have one of each and, like you, am considering another with a different scale length (24"). I recently learned that the distance between the first four frets is 8mm less on a 24" scale than a 25.5" (Strat) scale. That’s significant if you don’t have long fingers. So a Fender Mustang has my attention.
Yep, that’s why I’m looking at shorter scale lengths! All my guitars are (and have been) 25.5". Some of the stuff I’m trying to play is too stretchy for me.
I think in 24" it’s just Mustangs, Jags and Duosonics. I quite like Jags, but also want HH, and there’s not a lot around like that. So that’s why I’m looking at the Gibson 24.75" scale lengths too.
I’ll be curious to hear what you end up going with.
@jkahn I’d love a Gibson, but I figure if a shorter scale length is the objective, you might as well go the whole hog and get 24". I had a quick play of a Fender Jaguar last week. It did seem easier to play, but it was just a quick mess around with some minor pentatonic scales and some random chords. I’m going to go back and try this:
I’ve just started learning the intro to Nothing Else Matters with the help of Justin’s lesson. There are a couple of really stretchy bits. I’m keen to try them on a 24" scale.
@Prof_Thunder - well once you have joined the bass fraternity, you could join Basschat. One of the threads in the Basschat community is a gear abstinence thread. The purpose is to abstain from purchases (other than replacing strings or getting broken stuff repaired etc) with the intent of focussing on and enjoying the instruments you already have. There are 2 levels, one for bass and one for other instruments.
I successfully navigated 2023 and did enjoy my existing kit. I went out in a big way though with the purchase of Rickenbacker 4003 on 2nd Jan 2024. And I’ve carried on during the rest of this year: a bass amp in a box thing, a PRS guitar, a guitar pedal board and pedals and a wireless guitar system.
….so maybe it was gas delaying rather than preventing 
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Yes I did notice in your videos that you had several nice basses
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Came across this comment recently-
“I ended up with too many basses cos I never knew you changed the strings!”
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