There are many people who are concerned that the results of the work of small businesses of Indonesia have greatly penetrated the International market. As the result of the craft of the creation of a guitar miniature belonging to the Ngawen citizens, Klaten, Central Java, has its own market place in the United States, namely in a world-renowned guitar store, Axe Heaven.
Pramono has passed the creation of guitar miniatures since 2003, starting from just as a semi-finished miniature of guitar goods to Yogyakarta area crafts. Up to a bold Premono ahead to stand alone by producing a new model guitar and marketing it to the International market.
Based on mahogany wood, alumunium, fiber, tenol, resin or string, and itic eyes, Pramono can process it into a variety of replicas of the legendary musicians such as Slash from Guns N' Roses, Paul Mc Carthney The Beatles, Bob Marley, George Harrison, and Pink Floyd has he made, and runs hunted by his fans in the United States.
Workers cut mini guitar patterned wood when finishing the creation of guitar miniatures in Ngawen, Klaten, Central Java
The work smoothes the contour of guitar miniature patterns using a smoothing machine in Ngawen, Klaten, Central Java
Pramono says in a month he is targeted can produce as many as 2000 guitar miniatures for the needs of overseas consumer demand. Each guitar miniature is sold at US$ 5 per unit, but when up to the United States of sale the guitar miniature can be sold up to tens of dollars.
The persistence, maintaining product quality and opening sales network is the main key done by Pramono to develop medium small businesses as the early steps of the readiness of the Indonesian society to the Asean Economic Society (MEA).
Photo and Text: Aloysius Jarot Nugroho
The work shows a guitar miniature pattern that has been smoothed in Ngawen, Klaten, Central Java
The work sprays the pliture layer on guitar body when finishing guitar miniature creation in Ngawen, Klaten, Central Java
Working color on the body when finishing the creation of miniatures in the guitar Ngawen, the miniature
