Further looking at the Sweetwater site: a Martin OM-28 spruce over rosewood weighs 4 lbs 6 oz and the Alvarez OM spruce over rosewood with its LR Baggs kit weighs a full 8 ounces more, reported at 4 lbs 14 oz.
The LR Baggs HiFi has its pickups that glue to the bridgeplate, then wiring, a 9V battery, and the socket set that goes in the endpin hole when reamed out. So it could be as heavy as 8 oz, making the two guitars, the Alvarez and the Martin, equal in weight.
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1972 Martin D18 (Kimsified, so there!)
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Republic parlor resonator
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