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It's funny how they don't give weights, even for their hollow guitars. I guess doing not doing so lets them use a much wider variety of woods though the manufacturing lifetime without having being tied to specs.
My Fly P42 is about seven pounds, which I think was ok for a cheap guitar. Eight sounds fine - it's when some of the Les Paul clones start bumping up to 10+ that it becomes noticeable (for me at least).
In case anyone's interested, there's a picture half way down my badly-written-blog that shows what Gibson have done to their Les Pauls over time in terms of weight relieve:
http://chrisbuildsguitars.blogspot.com/2018/07/new-guitar-build-les-paul.html
christianSpaceman-
Enjoyed your guitar building blog - top stuff, very impressed with the skilz.
Trying to understand the world of amps; head amp, cabinets, combis... Just need something so my aspiring rock star can jam with their band. Hopefully not in my house! Something like this?
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Peavey-Vypyr-VIP-2-Modelling-Combo-Amp/PR4
ChasnotRobert
Ha, weight weenies for guitars; I never knew that was a thing!
The jassmaster says basswood body is lightweight; should be good?
Makers don't seem to specify weight routinely but googling suggests it's 8lb or maybe slightly less.