{"id":2683,"date":"2010-10-27T20:51:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T20:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/acousticsnapshots\/?p=29"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:35:05","slug":"tommy-emmanuel-part-4-the-maton-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/friends\/tommyemmanuelinterviews\/tommy-emmanuel-part-4-the-maton-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Emmanuel &#8211; Part 4 &#8211; The Maton Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tommy Emmanuel - Part 4 - The Maton Guitar\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UqrB2IOhCWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nNeil: Who trashed that thing?<br \/>\nTommy: Absolutely! 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