SHARE THIS VIDEO: Wesseh Freeman is a blind street musician from Monrovia, Liberia. He performs with a 3-string guitar he fashioned from an oil can, discarded wood, coat hanger frets and brake cable strings. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.facebook.com/WeesayLiberia/ New updates coming soon... | Weesay

Wesseh "Weesay" Freeman (1976-2018), the king of the 3-string oil can guitar. Follow this page for more of his music plus upcoming features on homemade instruments & more. New information about his guitar is about to be released in the February 2020 issue "Poor Man's Guide" magazine, www.poormansguitar.com. Video by Sachin Ramchandani. | Weesay

WESSEH PLAYS AN AMERICAN-MADE 3 STRING OIL CAN GUITAR. This instrument was a gift to Wesseh Freeman by Glenn Watt of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, a cigar box guitar parts & kits company in the USA. Watt was inspired by Wesseh's homemade instrument and decided to make his own version. It took a while for the guitar to get from the US to Liberia, but Wesseh has been playing it ever since. Thanks to Glenn and Sachin for making this happen! | Weesay

The late Wesseh Freeman (Monrovia, Africa) playing a guitar he made from discarded wood, a tin can, coat hanger frets and brake cables for strings. Also follow The Cigar Box Guitar Museum for more homemade instruments. Build your own with plans from www.cigarboxguitars.com and www.poormansguitar.com. | Weesay

One very generous gentleman gave Wesseh Freeman a real guitar. He immediately turned it upside-down to play it left-handed with the strings in reverse of a normal guitar. Although he got a regular guitar, Wesseh still also performs with his homemade oil can instrument. Sometimes the simple, primitive things we make ourselves are just as magical (some would argue "more magical) than the factory built things. | Weesay