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Interview with Kyle Kim, owner Sire Basses.


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Kyle already owns the biggest music instrument manufacturing brand in Korea called Dame.  Through a process of mostly unbelievable luck as well as diligence, he established Sire with Marcus Miller without any industry support or representation in the US.  Kyle describes the US musical instrument industry as a cartel (37:50 and 49:00) because despite having Marcus Miller on board, noone at NAMM 2009 was interested in representing the brand.  Kyle also mentions that, according to Marcus, his instruments were directly responsible for the break between Marcus and Fender (40:00). 

They also talk about how bass prices for established bass brands have crept up way beyond the costs of manufacture (21:30/22:00) which kind of ties into the Ernie Ball Specials thread.  

It's a long watch at 90min but worth it if you're interested in a discussion about the state of the industry.

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