For 60 years, Eddie Nasiatka played guitar in rock-and-roll bands. But when the effects from arthritis in his hands made it tough to play a traditional six-string, he decided to dive into making a ...

If you want to make a very basic guitar you can do so with a piece of 1x2-inch oak, string, a few hardware odds and ends, and a cigar box.Cigar box gu ...

By using a guitar slide on his cigar box instrument, he found he was able to play satisfying power chords right from the start. "It's three notes and you're sparking to glory," he said.

The cigar-box guitar community keeps growing as musicians like Hymn for Her and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons get drawn into the lure of an old-style sound.

Catch Johnson at Flying Monkey Arts on Dec. 29 for $10. The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box guitar slide demonstration and lesson is included with ticket purchase.