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1976 Vintage 690
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The 690 is a Vintage series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1976. It was made in Japan.

The 690 features a grand concert body shape with a selected close-grained spruce top on a bookmatched rosewood back with wood marquetry inlay strip. The soundhole is round and trimmed with an attractive pearloid binding rosette. It has a slim mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a none adjustable rosewood bridge with white bridge pins, a bone nut, a black pickguard and chrome plated tuning machines.

The 691 and 691/12 are related models with dreadnought bodies.

The 690 was offered only in 1976.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 690
Name: 690
Year(s) offered: 1976
Sold in: USA
Made in: Japan
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Grand concert
Dimensions:
  Body length: 489mm/ 19¼"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth: 108mm/ 4¼"
Top:
  Material: Spruce
  Finish: selected close-grained
  Binding: attractive pearloid binding
Back/sides:
  Material: Rosewood
  Strip inlay: wood marquetry
  Finish: Bookmatched
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
attractive pearloid
Neck
Neck material:
Mahogany
Neck finish:
mat
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
White dot
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
die-cast
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (none adjustable) (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dots
Saddle:
plastic
Hardware color:
Chrome plated
Pickguard:
Black
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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