Jupiter 5080 Marching Contra

[miselramos83]

i love playing contra, i play a yamaha and its well balanced and smooth and getting used to the weight happens simply through practice

[SuperDramaticpause]

I'm a sousa player and gotta admit, contras are lighter for sure

[CannibalisticSavage]

I play a King Contra at school and it's pretty heavy.

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

Just buy the 590 sousaphone, it's better.

[1981Monarka]

Good thing i play a King one at my high school... :)

[DrumcorpsU3]

Balance is exceptional and yet he has trouble holding it straight for 22 seconds

[TubaDan098]

I marched this horn for two years! CRAP!!!! The bell would fall off daily, who makes a detachable bell!!! Mine weighed 34 pounds! That is just dumb, the resonance was terrible. All of the bracing on it is plastic and it does nothing protect the tuba. This tuba gave me scoliosis! Luckily I'm in a corp with Yamaha's now.

[dramaboyz2007]

just wanted to say that i idont think theres anything in the market called a CONTRA TUBA for bands. xD i think youd need 2 people for a contra tuba! and an air pump

[firsthr]

@dramaboyz2007 research something before you say it.

[DBAMB1]

he has no mouth piece... dickhead

[xCrazyXmindX1]

i played on a kings contra and they are gooodd !!!!!!!!!!

[Firdzkhscb]

@xCrazyXmindX1 i agree with you, i prefer king, yamaha and dynasty

[Zombbg4]

GTFO Jupiter lol They're like tin cans.

[euphoniumification]

is that a real contra or a marching tuba?

[ElPolloLoco4330]

@euphoniumification

It's a contrabass bugle, the drum corps equivalent of a tuba. Some marching bands use contras, but most use sousaphones

[saxmasta]

@ElPolloLoco4330 Actually its a marching tuba. Contrabass bugles were in G. But we still call em contras cause they;re just as bad ass.

[RockstarDaniel]

@saxmasta o-o its still a contrabass bugle... but in Bflat

[bloodvein3]

@ElPolloLoco4330 my high school uses contras, and im a tuba player, so i love it :D

[patricksmith2]

"Contra Tuba"-FAIL!

[BboyElectrix]

but they do sound good, lol

[jocobo99]

i personally like yamaha contras.

[BboyElectrix]

"The balance is exceptional" lol half of the weight is on his hands.

[quincify]

too bad thats what i play....

[starofthewesttuba]

those are unbelievebly uncomfortable and heavier than others.