The 696L is a left-handed Concord series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1974. It was crafted in Japan.
The 696 features a dreadnought body with a fine grained spruce top on selected rosewood back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with black and white marquetry rosette and a black pickguard. The mahogany neck has a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, pearl dot position markers with black side dots and a matching headstock. Components include a plastic saddle in an adjustable rosewood bridge, a plastic nut, and chrome plated start machine heads.
The 696 is a similar standard model. The 696/12 is a 12-string model.
