The perfect guitar for slick licks: Brothers turn old oil cans into six-string instruments

Pair raised in South Africa, and instruments made from scrap were common

Plan to plunge any profits from the guitars into educating children

Two brothers have taken inspiration from their childhoods in South Africa by turning oil cans into electric guitars.

Adam and Shaun Lee, from Georgia, USA, grew up in Johannesburg and saw how musicians in the country's townships would create musical instruments out of discarded items.

Now their company Bohemian Guitars is making six-strings out of tin cans, creating a 'clean bluesy twang', and plunging the profits into music education for children.

Shaun Lee, pictured, and his brother Adam set up Bohemian Guitars last year, with the profits going towards music education for children

Bohemian Rhapsody: The guitars come in three models, including Bohemian Motor Oil, pictured

Adam Lee, 27, said: 'The guitars are interesting and produce really unique bluesy sound. Our instruments also encourage people to want to learn how to play guitar.

'The first Bohemian Guitar was built with parts from deconstructed instruments and an old rusty gas can to build an oil can guitar.

'Since then we have come a long way, and significant improvements have been made to our design resulting in some artists opting to play our guitar over some of the bigger known brands.'

The Lee brothers roped in friends Mark Friedman, 28, and Josh Kirsca, 24, to launch the business from their parents' basement last year.

They make the guitars in three styles - Bohemian Honey, Bohemian Motor Oil and Bohemian Moonshine - with maple necks and rosewood fingerboards.

The necks have 24 frets and a scale length of roughly 26 inches.

Now the musical quartet have embarked on raising money through the Kickstarter website.

Guitarists can opt for a six-string with a lick of charity by buying from the Bohemian Guitars range The Bohemian Honey guitar is for those who enjoy making sweet music Musicans who prefer black can opt for the Bohemian Moonshire creation

They have raised $32,000 in donations in only a week - and $270 gets you the first go on their upcoming one gallon oil can guitar as soon as May this year.

For each guitar bought, Bohemian Guitars gives one instrument away.

Adam Lee said: 'To us, this Kickstarter campaign has not only help us create one-of-a-kind, quality instruments, but has also supported our mission to sustain the future of music education for kids - a key component of why we do what we do.'

Shaun Lee and his three business partners, including brother Adam, are donating one instrument for every Bohemian Guitar they sell