Ovation Guitars will once again be made in the United States following its purchase earlier this year by Oxnard, CA-based Drum Workshop. Production is expected to start up this month, following the August announcement by Drum Workshop to reopen the plant and reshore production.

Fender's slipping profits felled its public offering. The famed wood guitar and musical instruments manufacturer formally withdrew its plans to go public in a letter to the Security & Exchange Commission.