1961 Gibson ES-5 'Switchmaster'

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The 1961 Gibson ES-5 'Switchmaster' may not have set the world on fire or become an icon like some of it's contemporaries, but I ask you this, "what's better than 2 PAF pickups...?" The answer is of course, "Three PAF pickups....!!" And, if you are one of those rare birds who are into lots of knobs and a switch the size of a stick shift on a '59 Ford F100 (another classic pickup...!), then this guitar is for you.
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