Gibson 1958 electric guitars and amplifiers catalog. Page 7. Details of the Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster guitar; another archtop jazz model. ES stands for Electric Spanish.
The guitar shown on this catalog page has three single-coil P90 pickups, with black plastic covers, however by the time of it's final catalog appearance in the next Gibson catalog, these had been upgraded to gold-covered PAF humbuckers. See the ES-5 in the 1960 Gibson catalogue.
1958 zone 1 US prices: ES-5 Switchmaster $450 ($475 natural finish)
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