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I just looked at that spec in the Beauty of the Burst today and I believe the average weight of the guitars in that book was just under 9 pounds. The heaviest in the book was 9 pounds 12 ounces, if I recall.
The high outlier from 1959, 9 1927, gives me great comfort in that my Kalamazoo '74 standard is about that same weight. Of course, there are those who will say that my '74 will never be anything other than an "old guitar." Still and all...