merlin6666
Senior Member
I think that DW is still privately owned but GEWA does much of their distribution and they collaborate.
I guess that DW decided to stick with drums and get out of guitars. Their contribution to Ovation was that they tried to keep them alive for a few years, and they promoted guitar lines that had exotic wood veneers from their wood stash. I didn't care for that at all.
Ovation Guitars Joins the GEWA Music Family of Brands
GEWA Music announced the acquisition of the Ovation Guitars brand from longtime partner Drum Workshop Inc. Associated brands Adamas and Applause are included as part of the deal that was inked in September of this year. In 2015, DW became owner of Ovation Guitars as part of a multi-brand...
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