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Zephyr Emperor. In 1955 the model became the ES-5 Switchmaster, which incorporated a four-position selector switch, along with a new six-knob configuration, incorporating a volume and a tone knob for each pickup. The ES-5 Switchmaster was produced until 1962. It remained out of production until a
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acoustic jazz model. The ES-5 was introduced in 1949, and offered several innovative features which have become standard within the industry. The ES-5 was the first model of the ES-series to offer three pickups. Unlike other multiple-pickup models of its era, the ES-5 used three different volume
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knobs (one for each pickup and one master tone) rather than a selector switch, to offer players improved control over their tone. The model was not as popular as other models of the ES-series, nor as popular as similar models by other manufacturers, such as the
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1995 reissue from the Gibson Custom division. New models of the reissue are still available today. The original models used
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The ES-5 was intended to be an electric version of their popular
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Carl Perkins
Gibson Guitar Corporation
ES
Gibson L-5
Epiphone
P-90
single coil
pickups
PAF
humbucker
T-Bone Walker
Lowell Fulson
Roy Gaines
J. Geils
Wes Montgomery
Carl Perkins
B.B. King
Frank Zappa
Steve Howe
Fragile
Kid Ramos
Junior Watson
Dave Edmunds
Mark Knopfler
Jimmy Page
The Chuck Wagon Gang
Jimmy Nolen

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