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Artist 2605-CS
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The 2605 is an Artist series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1974. It was produced in Japan.

The 2605 features a jumbo body with fine grained spruce top, black and white binding on selected flamed maple back and sides on cherry sunburst finish. The round soundhole has a beautiful pearl purfling rosette with a fancy mother of pearl inlay on the black pickguard. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with fancy mother of pearl position markers, white binding and black side dots. Components include a plastic saddle in an adjustable rosewood bridge with fancy mother of pearl inlays, white bridge pins, a bone nut, and chrome plated smooth tuner machines heads.

The 2605 was discontinued after 1978.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 2605
Name: 2605
Year(s) offered: 1974–1978
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: DM 590 (1974) / DM 648 (1976) / US$:330.00 (1976) / DM 767 (1978)
Finishes: Cherry Sunburst (CS)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Jumbo
Dimensions:
  Body length: 20¾
  Width: 17"
  Depth: 5"
Top:
  Material: Fine grained spruce
  Finish: natural gloss
  Binding: Black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: Flamed maple (selected)
  Strip inlay: fine wood marquetry
  Finish: Gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black and white purfling
Neck
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays:
Fancy mother of pearl markers w/ black side dots
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Smooth Tuner Star
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (adjustable) w/ fancy mother of pearl inlays
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dots
Saddle:
White plastic
Hardware color:
Chrome plated
Pickguard:
Black w/ fancy inlay
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
Artist 2605-CS front
Body (front)
Artist 2605-CS rear
Body (rear)

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