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In more general terms... I'm not convinced I've ever heard any real difference. That said, the Super-Vee Bladerunner trem had a stark difference to a vintage-style floating trem, and was one of the few things I'd consider a true upgrade as it gave 'more' of everything on the guitars I installed them on.
I have an old Wilkinson convertible locking floating bridge on my number 1. It locks when the arm is dropped.. best strat bridge ever
Then you can play country telecaster bends with the magnet in and still use the trem to lower the pitch and pull it out for normal Strat playing.
With the first stage - fully floating - the sound is more open and vibrant, because the whole bridge shimmers slightly and the other strings vibrate whenever you play anything on any string. Bending feels easier but you have to push the string physically further to get the same pitch rise, because the bridge moves forward as well. Double-stop bends are more difficult because the bent string pulls the other one flat, so you have to compensate by bending that one slightly as well.
With the second stage, the string bending feel isn't affected - because the bridge still pulls forwards when you do - downbends using the arm feel the same, and the sound is slightly more focused because the sympathetic shimmer is more or less stopped - but not that much. You still get the problem of double-stop bends, but the benefit is that if you break a string, the others don't go sharp.
With the third stage the feel is stiffer and more precise like a Tele, and the sound is sharper and also more Tele-like. You can do double-stop bends easily without the unbent string going flat. The disadvantage is that downbends with the arm are more effort and you lose the subtlety of being able to just detune very slightly.
For me personally, a Strat only really sounds *right* with the bridge floating - it can sound good with the bridge tight down, but it's not quite the same... at least when I'm playing it myself.
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Yes, they do sound different, but the note also has a different dynamic curve, which matters less with gain, obviously.
10lb, lol, I think I'd have more profound things to worry about than the slight difference in tone between floating or decked. Like when I should book my hospital appointment...