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Old 02-13-2008, 02:54 AM
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Collective Noun for Bass Players?

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A pack of wolves
A parliment of owles
A herd of deer
What do you call a bunch of bass players...
A groove... a rythm???
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Old 02-13-2008, 03:15 AM
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Well if they were all in an orchestra - they would be called a section!
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A Parliament of Funk?
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I think a Kickass would be good to describe a group of bassists
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A root, fifth and octave...
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Old 02-13-2008, 07:17 AM
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Old 02-13-2008, 09:49 AM
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A Parliament of Funk?
That's good on a number of levels. <golf clap>

My personal favorite collective noun is "a business of ferrets," along with one I came up with "a babble of Bimbos"

"a murder of crows" is pretty cool too.
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