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Concord 698-12M
698M/12 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The 698M/12 is a 12-string Concord series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1974. It was produced in Japan.

The 698M/12 features a jumbo body with a fine grained spruce top with black and white multi-binding on selected maple back joined with fine wood marquetry and maple sides with a gloss finish. The round soundhole has a black purfling rosette with a fancy J-200 style pickguard. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with fancy pearloid position markers, white binding and black side dots. Components include a plastic saddle in an adjustable rosewood bridge with fancy pearloid inlays, white bridge pins, a bone nut, and gold plated smooth tuner machines heads.

The 698M is a similar six string model. The 698 and 698/12 are related models with mahogany on back and sides and chrome plated tuning machines.

The 698M/12 was discontinued after 1978.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 698M/12
Name: 698M/12
Year(s) offered: 1974–1978
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: US$:299.00 (1976)
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Jumbo
Dimensions:
  Body length: 20¾
  Width: 17"
  Depth: 5"
Top:
  Material: Spruce
  Finish: fine grained
  Binding: Black and white multi
Back/sides:
  Material: Maple (selected)
  Strip inlay: fine wood marquetry
  Finish: Gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black and white purfling
Neck
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays:
Fancy pearloid markers w/ black side dots
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Smooth Tuner
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (adjustable) w/ fancy pearloid inlays
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dot
Saddle:
White plastic
Hardware color:
Gold plated
Pickguard:
Fancy J-200 style
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Concord-12-string 698-12M rear
Ibanez 698M/12-NT ( Rear: Maple back joined with a fine wood marquetry, a mahogany neck and gold plated smooth tuner machine heads ) [1] Red copyright sprite
Additional details
Concord-12-string 698-12M front
Body front (lateral view)
Concord-12-string 698-12M back
Body rear (lateral view)
12-string-guitar-tuning-standard
Tuning

Sources[]

  1. All photos belong to Vintage-Guitar Oldenburg and are used for research purposes.
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