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Drum Workshop and Guitar Center Factory Day
By Alex Kluft
On 01st Oct 2025
DW Drums and Guitar Center hosted their annual DW Factory Day in Oxnard, CA on August 23. The day started with a drum off hosted by Guitar Center’s drum buyer Glenn Noyes and Roland VP of Sales Jim DeStefano. The all-star judges of the drum-off were Kenny Aronoff, Fausto Cuevas III, Richie “Gajate” Garcia, Damon Grant, Matt O’Connor, Daru Jones, Stephen Perkins, and John Hoffman. Chad Wackerman did a workshop followed by a demonstration by DW co-founder John Good and Primus’s new drummer John Hoffman. Next up was the highly anticipated Slingerland unveiling, with DW co-founder Don Lombardi and John JR Robinson. The final event of the day was a clinic and signing with Marilyn Manson drummer Gil Sharone. Factory day includes exclusive “one day a year” pricing on DW, Roland, and PDP drum sets, DW and PDP snares, and DW hardware. Additionally, for the first time, three Slingerland drum […]
October 2025 Issue