SmokerBoy said:
I am just going to put the new mouthpieces off to the side. My saxophone is a Jupiter 869SG Alto Saxophone. I was originally going to buy an E.M. Winston becaause of it's low price. I heard horrible things about the E.M. Winston and great things about these Jupiter models. I've heard stories of professionals and teachers buying a Jupiter after they heard it's sound. It cost me 1000$ more for the Jupiter 1600$ total actually. The mouthpiece is not a Yamaha but rather a Jupiter brand 4c mouthpiece. The tone that I get out of it isn't bad at all(until after about 20 minutes), and since I can actually play through this mouthpiece I am going to stick with it. Thanks for your opinions and your advice I greatly appreciate it.
Smokerboy,
From reading your posts here, it seems as if you are giving a lot of credence to hearsay and things you read on this forum. That's not always a bad thing but it does need to be kept in perspective.
The large majority of opinions, advice and equipment reviews expressed here, are posted (in good faith and with good intentions) by folks with often not much more experience than yourself. That doesn't make those opinions wrong by default, but it does put them in perspective. This includes my own opinions and advice.
Do you have a teacher?
What are your long and short term goals as far as playing goes?
Do you have a methodical plan for progressing towards those goals?
If you can get those sorts of questions cleared up, you can get on with moving forward and avoid the whole "blind leading the blind" thing.
Any beginner reading this forum could be forgiven for thinking that the equipment makes the player. We've all been there and wasted serious amounts of money on various bits of gear. If the saxophone is just a fun hobby for you, (as it is for 95% of the folks here) then buy any and all the gear you like.
If you want to someday play Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk etc, then spend the money instead on an hour or two sitting down with an experienced teacher. I wouldn't even worry about having a lesson as such. At this beginning stage, I'd just spend an hour or two getting to the bottom of where you want to go with your sax playing, why you want to do it and what's going to motivate you, where you're currently at as a player and listener, and so on. Then begins the process of mapping out a comprehensive plan for attaining those goals.
Unless you are clear in your goals and directions. Unless you have a quiet confidence that you are moving forward towards your goals, however slowly that may be,

you'll be waylaid by every distraction, dead end, and swing in equipment fashion that comes along.
Save your money and invest it in a good and sympathetic teacher.