Marimba gets my vote, just because of the proficiency level required.

Now a marimba player that backs away for one sternum cracking smash? That is a man baby!

Timpani first bass and gong a close second

this year i have to play set, because apparently im the only one that can play set (in time and w/ good technique) it the most ghetto set up, its a pair of hi hats, snare and a steve weiss china mounted on the bass drum tom mount... and the manliest part is, i have to stand up

Gotta say set.

I am not a big fan on sets in front ensembles during marching season. Indoor season maybe, but full band marching season I don't like. Still sticking with the marimba.

The "rock pod" hands down. I would have loved to have been the guy who was in the pod with '85-'86 Devs. Coolest pit part ever.

If I couldn't do that I would play vibes. I'd give anything to be a great, jammin' vibe guy.

The guy who hits all the china and splash chokes in the Cadets 2000 show. That's the best.

Aux percussion- Bass and Gong, cymbal and tom rack, brake drum, timbale, and all the other fun doodads that go on the traps stand... definitely the manliest and most fun!

I think the guys thats ends up jumping around the most is the person I respect the most. It's more of a challenge to do twenty things at once than just one marimba (which is why vibes > marimba, pedaling and flat bars), so the the guy with the cymbals and toms and other things, yeah I respect that guy (or girl) most.

Definetely Marimba, cause if you have a "good" percussionist, who can play the marimba well, and a show with an amazing mallet solo with four mallets, it just makes the audiences jaws drop, and isn't that what we are all going for.