First off, you KNOW what a lover of Strats I am, Rev. I wouldn't have six of 'em (and owned a couple more that I've since sold) if that wasn't so. That said, I think you should have a better rationale than having "a more grown up guitar" before dropping the $800 those go for. Does the Deluxe Strat do something(s) that your current guitars don't? Are you pining for that genuine Strat tone and the Jackson and '51 can't scratch that itch? Are you willing to forego the things that your current guitars can do that a Strat cannot? Just some things to think about....