In summary, my impression of the Fender American Deluxe Strat is that it is the GTi version. It's like the sport model that's had some extra tuning done under the hood.
With limited tools and expertise I had to resort to the frightening prospect of partial destruction to get the neck off; I didn't want to just leave the guitar as it was because I would inevitably need to take the neck off at some point anyway.
All my music-related activity is now in one place. Having individual websites for my various disciplines made it difficult to be focused on one thing at a time.