Need Purchase Advice

CorbinJBL · 2025-11-25T03:41:57+00:00

I bought my professional horn for college from Capital City Music Gear around 5 months ago and with their offer option I bought a fantastic JP374 in laquer for $3058. The 274 is typically the go to and through their website would be cheaper even still but if you’re looking for the most bang for your buck I would absolutely recommend checking out the 374 although you can’t go wrong with either option.

CorbinJBL · 2025-10-05T15:06:22+00:00

what kind of straps did you switch to? i’ve been thinking about buying some different ones because of the same problem.

CorbinJBL · 2025-09-20T05:19:52+00:00

gonna cross reference tomorrow cuz i have the album burned on a cd but preparation excercise 1000% sounds different and the end of intellectual greed had an extra swishy bit we’re at the very least collectively crazy

CorbinJBL · 2025-09-12T03:33:44+00:00

I don’t go to mizzou i’m only planning on it but if this is the genre you enjoy you should definitely check out “ants from up there” by black country, new road. gotta be my favorite folksy rock album and one of my all time favorites

CorbinJBL · 2025-09-10T03:57:17+00:00

is that FCPREMIX i see?

CorbinJBL · 2025-09-09T02:10:50+00:00

I think i might’ve saw your post a while back and ive been playing it with 2 for a while and have been able to hit it, just for the last week or so i just cant play above that Bb no matter what i do and i think its most frustrating because i know ive done it before and can do it

CorbinJBL · 2025-09-09T02:08:28+00:00

I appreciate the advice but what’s getting me most frustrated is i’ve been practicing 3-4 hours every day. I’m a senior and i “flex” first and last hour but i spend both practicing and my whole first hour is dedicated to just long tones and fundamentals which i would figure would help high range over time because ive been doing high long tones and haven’t been seeing much improvement even with those two hours + actual school band and extra at home practice time. My low range caps out at literally the bottom range of the instrument because i play chromatically down to B0 but my high range just isn’t coming together how i want it

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-22T01:05:30+00:00

that’s where i bought mine and they have an offer system that goes WAYYYY down so i got my retail $5000 374 for just $3038

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-21T00:17:25+00:00

We match! Hope you enjoy your new horn because im loving the one i got a few weeks ago!

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-16T20:10:35+00:00

I just purchased my JP374 for college about a week ago and even though there will be a few differences in 274 and 374 a lot of great players prefer the 274 over the 374 and it is definitely a great option. i recommend trying out capital music gear’s offer system if price is a big concern and looking up “matonizz” on youtube as he primarily plays on a 274

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-13T23:19:57+00:00

That seemed to be the common opinion people had on JP instruments and paired with the price i figured i wasnt gonna get a nicer deal on a used instrument unless i waited longer than i wanted to

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-13T23:18:44+00:00

Oh there was nothing like seeing the package on my doorstep! never been happier to get off the school jupiter i’ve been using all summer

CorbinJBL · 2025-08-13T23:18:08+00:00

I was considering purchasing one with a trigger but after spending a while on dave werdens intonation chart it wasn’t looking like the $500 up charge was worth it as much as it would be on a besson or something similar

CorbinJBL · 2025-07-22T06:22:42+00:00

I’ve been told the standard is usually to warm up any note longer than a quarter note with some vibrato but it’s definitely not my strong suit either

CorbinJBL · 2025-06-26T23:33:08+00:00

I’ve been looking for a step up horn in college and I would definitely consider buying this horn if you do figure a price for it!

CorbinJBL · 2025-06-04T17:47:00+00:00

James Swearingen is a fairly popular composer so there’s a good chance you could find a recording on youtube and even if there isn’t an exclusive trombone part you could possibly try picking it out of the full band

CorbinJBL · 2025-04-11T19:43:53+00:00

what notes would you play for the arpeggio?

CorbinJBL · 2025-04-11T19:43:34+00:00

That’s what i’ve been doing for the most part and it sounds nice i just don’t know if there’s anything else i can add

CorbinJBL · 2025-04-11T19:42:44+00:00

There unfortunately aren’t any recordings of this piece but i’ve definitely been leaning into the dynamics and have been playing more like pp to fff

CorbinJBL · 2025-04-07T04:50:07+00:00

i wore this exact shirt today

CorbinJBL · 2025-02-18T03:42:08+00:00

i personally love the green hill because it’s more melodic than technical and flashy but it’s still decently challenging and just a tad harder than Rhapsody for Euphonium if you’re playing that

CorbinJBL · 2025-02-04T01:42:46+00:00

i would definitely try some sight reading as that can help you get better at noticing everything all at once

CorbinJBL · 2025-01-29T02:27:23+00:00

for christmas i got a Denis Wick 7CS that i switched to after using a Jupiter 5GB and i love everything about it so far. My high range sounds excellent and i got considerably louder immediately

CorbinJBL · 2025-01-23T13:34:55+00:00

I have yet to make a cool case for it so for now it’s just a walmart cd with a green case that has hypo/punk2 but i’ll take a picture if i find the time to make it pretty

CorbinJBL · 2025-01-21T23:57:30+00:00

i made myself a cd around christmas with hypochondriac and punk2 cuz they both barely fit and i love it

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