In 2008, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation controlled the Ovation name. Its one line on record was built at New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant) (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
A Ovation guitar from 2008 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Ovation you have. The name dates from 1965[S163], 43 years before.
Ovation USA (New Hartford): a new era begins under Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, built at New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant)[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Ovation USA (New Hartford): the 1966–2008 era ends (Kaman Corporation / Kaman Music Corporation (KMC Musicorp after 2007), New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant))[11, 4, 12, 13, 8, 9]
Where Ovation was built in 2008
New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.
We sold our Music segment on December 31, 2007 for $119.5 million to Fender and recorded a pre-tax gain of $18.1 million.Ovation in 2008: owners and plants
On December 31, 2007, we completed the previously announced saleEra ends: Ovation USA (New Hartford), 2008