{"id":2203,"date":"2017-04-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpaulcarter.com\/newfish\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2020-01-12T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:59:10","slug":"daion-handcrafted-guitars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpaulcarter.com\/newfish\/index.php\/2017\/04\/06\/daion-handcrafted-guitars-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daion Handcrafted Guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I was going through my old web projects this evening and came across the file archive for the Daion Guitars web site and owner’s forum I hosted for many years. I\u00a0still have a Daion Model 80 acoustic, and — to me — it’s still one of my more interesting guitars. Does anyone remember seeing them? Members of “Asleep At the Wheel” were endorsees at one point, back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was going through my old web projects this evening and came across the file archive for the Daion Guitars web site and owner’s forum I hosted for many years. I\u00a0still have a Daion Model 80 acoustic, and — to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-shameless"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qEar-zx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1340,"url":"https:\/\/cpaulcarter.com\/newfish\/index.php\/2005\/02\/22\/daion-handcrafted-guitars\/","url_meta":{"origin":2203,"position":0},"title":"Daion Handcrafted Guitars","author":"cPaul","date":"22 February 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been a big fan of Daion guitars since the late '70s, when I had the opportunity to play several models I came across in a music store in Montreal, Canada. 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