In 2015, Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) controlled the Ovation name. Its 2 lines on record were built at New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant) and Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) (USA, South Korea, China and Indonesia).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
A Ovation guitar from 2015 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], 50 years before.
Ovation USA (New Hartford): a new era begins under Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW), built at New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant)[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12]
Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import): a new era begins under Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW), built at Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified)[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import): the 2014–2015 era ends (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified))[14, 1, 15, 16, 3, 17, 18, 9, 10]
Ovation USA (New Hartford): the 2014–2015 era ends (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)[14, 1, 15, 16, 3, 17, 18]
Asian contract plants for Ovation (Korea/China/Indonesia; builders unverified) and 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.
1
Ovation sold to Drum Workshop (Jan 6, 2015)graded secondary
"Yesterday, FMIC announced that KMC Music… has sold the Ovation guitar brand to Drum Workshop, Inc."Ovation in 2015: owners and plants
"closing is set to happen by January 1, 2008"Era ends: Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import), 2015
15
FMIC announces KMC Music sale of Ovation to DW (Jan 6, 2015); KMC sold to JAM Industries (Feb 12, 2015)graded secondary
"FMIC announced that KMC Music… has sold the Ovation guitar brand to Drum Workshop, Inc."Era ends: Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import), 2015
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.Era ends: Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import), 2015
since the acquisition of Kaman Music Corporation (now known as KMC Musicorp), or KMC, in 2007Era ends: Ovation imports (Celebrity, Applause, Elite import), 2015