Hello there and what are you doing here in such an unglamorous cyberspace backwater? I am called

Ron Berry and I have been making musical instruments since 1988 as a hobby and I started as a business

under the Neis scheme in 2005 and hope to show a profit some year soon...

   Meanwhile I work in a shop in Nimbin called Happy High Herbs which my ex partner now partly owns 

and manages. A selection of my creations are on display there as are some of the special musical treasures 

I sell like the jaw harps and mouth harps, glass guitar slides, electric guitars I have put together from

parts (with ample skilled help from my buddy steve) and random musical leftovers. 

Here is a pic;

 

   Here is a picture of me and my son Kian and one of my lovely ex Nell standing between Birtha the

Double-Bass Banjo and the banjo bass viol.

 

Here is a view of the culdera from down the hill on the way to Nimbin.

 

This one is looking west from the top of the border ranges.

The 8-string fretless electric bass below was the first instrument I completed for my business (but for the control cavity cover being put on) in November 2006 and it unfortunately was almost immediately stolen from my home before I even heard it plugged in!

Should you happen to see it (with a bone nut, a strange `music tech' black humbucking pickup chrome abalone knobs and Schaller bridge, flat wound strings and a canon output jack) I would very much like to have it back (and so would my customer.)

A handsome reward will be paid to the person who returns it, or for information leading to it's recovery. I can be contacted at:

ron*unheardofinstruments.com. (the * is a @)

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I play bass, guitar, percussion and drum kit (in rapidly descending order I dabble in all sorts of other quasi-musical endevours) and my partner Iona (Nel) plays a metal clarinet and piano very occasionally but quite well (she is a bit shy about it though).

Kian will play anything I let him get hold of. We now have a baby girl Alia Rose who was showing dancing prowess already at 9 weeks and is now over 2 years old and sings and dances beautifully.

I live on an intentional community of glass artists, musicians, a designer of clothes, environmental activists, bush tucker teacher, horticulturalist, more musicians and artists and fellow hippy types and together with the odd woofers we grow organic vegetables and tend the fruit orchard, etc. (when I am not working or trying to fix my ancient dilapidated cars or being a dedicated dad.)

We also run a Happy High Herbs shop in Nimbin and a market stall where we sell medicinal herbs, party herbs and musical treasures. You can catch us monthly at the Channon and Byron Markets and at festivals we like; Exodus, Island Vibe, Mardi Grass, Earthfreq, U tribe, etc.'round the north coast NSW mostly.

If you have a fantasy instrument that you would like to make and\or need my advice or services I am most interested to hear from you so don't be shy. Feel free email me or even to make an offer on any instruments marked for sale as 'bids' are retractable, non-binding and fun. If you are the highest bidder so far and I am feeling like I need some cash at that moment, who knows?...Ensuing negotiations could lead to one day when an unheardof instrument arrives in your life... and things will never be the same again...

To see where the prices are currently sitting on items for sale see the "I think I want it" page by clicking this bit here. I have not once gotten a bid and some say that leaving others to value your work is too confronting for them and never going to work but I am not insulted by any offer and am merely interested in what people think a bargain price for something like this is. I don't know of anyone who has sold a double bass banjo although I'm considering pricing one... If you would like to send me a message you can email me at

ron*unheardofinstruments.com (the * is a @, I do that to reduce the spam bots from emailing me crap.)

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