Are Sweetwater’s weights accurate?

[Jambi]

Gibson Acoustic Southern Jumbo Original - Vintage Sunburst

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Sitka Spruce Top, Mahogany Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Rosewood Fingerboard - Vintage Sunburst

www.sweetwater.com

Surely this Southern Jumbo couldn’t be 8lbs??

 

[PLX]

Maybe it's full of candy.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Gibson Acoustic Southern Jumbo Original - Vintage Sunburst

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Sitka Spruce Top, Mahogany Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Rosewood Fingerboard - Vintage Sunburst

www.sweetwater.com

Surely this Southern Jumbo couldn’t be 8lbs??

good wood

 

[Jambi]

good wood

I would love to hear it. I can’t help but imagine that it sounds like a wet log.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I would love to hear it. I can’t help but imagine that it sounds like a wet log.

Tone is in the tonnage.

 

[maguchi]

Are Sweetwater's weights accurate?

Often but not always. My experience has been 70%-80% of the time they are, and they have been getting better at it in the last couple of years. Once in awhile you'll still find one that's obviously wrong like a 4+ lb. solid body electric or a 8 lb. acoustic. I love their candy though so I buy from them a lot.