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Location: Texas | As posted on Ovation Collectors facebook page: Interesting news- Ovation is no longer a Kaman brand, now owned by DW (drum workshop). They bought all of the Kaman percussion lines, Ovation was bundled with them. |
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Location: Bristol England | Is this for real and, if so, where is DW based USA? Korea? China? |
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Location: Canada | jamesholl - 2015-01-06 2:02 PM Is this for real and, if so, where is DW based USA? Korea? China? Wkipedia says they are in Oxnard, California ... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | and they offer factory tours. |
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Location: Canada | News release:
http://spotlight.fender.com/newsroom/news/459/ |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Time will tell. Looks like a great American DRUM company.
Drum Workshop, Inc. is a family owned American manufacturer of professional drums, pedals and hardware. Many of the world's top professionals, such as Sheila E., Mick Fleetwood, Neil Peart, Max Weinberg and Dave Grohl have made the DW brand "The Drummer's Choice." Drum Workshop is also home to Pacific Drums and Percussion, a full line of production drum and hardware products. For more information...
At least it wasn't a banjo company...
Edited by Designzilla 2015-01-06 4:56 PM
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | "We are extremely proud of our team's effort to nurture and grow each of the individual brands and are enthusiastic for their future,” said FMIC’s interim CEO and board member Scott Gilbertson.
That made me throw up a little in my mouth. And I can't help but have a bad feeling for John Budny's team in New Hartford all of a sudden.
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Location: Nashville TN. | Wonder how long New Hartford repair will be there? |
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Location: NJ | gone gone gone..... |
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Location: Nashville TN. |  confirmed gone? Good thing they reset the neck on my 1777-usa in Dec. |
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Location: NJ | not positive but waiting for an e mail from budny |
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Location: Jet City | I have a guitar over there right now. Should I be nervous? |
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Location: Jet City | Let's just hope they're still making wine. |
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| Designzilla - At least it wasn't a banjo company... ... and that quote certianly made my day  |
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Location: New Hartford CT | JAN. 6 I KMC, DW I SALE
KMC Music Sells Percussion Brands, Ovation Guitars to Drum Workshop
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announced today that its subsidiary, KMC Music, has sold its owned and licensed percussion brands, including Gretsch Drums, Latin Percussion, Toca Percussion, KAT Percussion and Gibraltar Hardware — as well as the Ovation guitar brand and the exclusive U.S. distribution rights for Sabian Cymbals — to Drum Workshop, Inc., the manufacturer of DW drums, hardware and accessories.
"We are extremely proud of our team's effort to nurture and grow each of the individual brands and are enthusiastic for their future," said Scott Gilbertson, FMIC's interim CEO and board member. "We recognize the strategic opportunity for DW and are confident that they will be champions of the brands moving forward."
"This is an amazing opportunity to extend our passion and commitment for the art of drumming," said Chris Lombardi, CEO of Drum Workshop, Inc. "We're excited to welcome these legendary American brands to the DW family."
Financial and other terms of the deal are not disclosed.
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Location: New Hartford CT | Drum Workshop has become a behemoth in the world of drum manufacturing. From making a cannister seat and chain drive pedals in the 70's....to becoming one of the top drum companies in the world, DW has always been on the move. They manufacture their USA lines in Oxnard CA and their PDP import line is built in Mexico. Just a huge company.
Their drums and hardware are innovative and the President of the company, John Good, is a not just a CEO who rests in a back office but actually pitch matches drum shells out on the plant floor. He's a good man...I'm not sure where Ovation fits in, especially the repair shop in New Hartford. I mean, they're a drum company and it seems they are expanding their vistas to own a major distribution chain as well. |
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Location: NJ | dw is a pimple in the industry.
I bet them dump ovation to their oxnard neighbor .......
wait for it
cordoba
oh yeah they own guild....... |
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Location: Canada | alpep - 2015-01-07 7:09 AM dw is a pimple in the industry. I bet them dump ovation to their oxnard neighbor ....... wait for it cordoba oh yeah they own guild....... Well there's also another more established and respected acoustic guitar maker in that neighbourhood - Larrivee ... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Sure seems like the Ovation brand was just kind of thrown in that deal. It doesn't make any sense logistically. Maybe FMIC did not want to shoulder the negative PR when Ovation ultimately gets eliminated. "Another iconic American brand is no more, thanks to FMIC..." Who wants THAT blame? Better it be DW. |
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Location: Lake Forest, CA | My hope is that Ovation doesn't turn into the DesignCAD 3D of the guitar world.
DesignCAD 3D was an affordable CAD program originally developed in the 1990s for PCs running MS-DOS. It was a good program for its time.
When the original company that developed the program went out of business, the product was passed around more than a $5 hooker. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Face it guys, the Ovation brand is dead. They just can't figure out where to put the corpse. |
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Location: Texas | +1 Dave...concise and accurate. sadly... |
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Location: Bristol England | Lazarus made it and so did the phoenix. It's not over till the fat lady sings!
Lets not presume life extinct until the Certificate has been issued. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Maybe it will come back to life like Bugatti. Hopefully it won't take as long. |
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Ovation purchase by DW?
