Hi everyone, my name is Calv and i've just joined.

Total beginner here, have been getting stuck into learning the acoustic guitar properly recently but have always been fascinated with the mandolin and banjo. Love bluegrass but am into pretty much anything that pleases my ears really.

My mandolin knowledge is zero at present, so i'll just sit in the corner and take it all in. I guess everyone has been influenced by someone, peronaly i enjoy some of the more modern folk musicians like Mumford & Sons, Johnny Flynn and the guy that got me spurred on to get more into it....Jayke Orvis. Young pups i know but hey, i'm only 39 myself.

Looking forward to getting my first mandolin sometime soon, but need to do much research first.

Anyway nice to meet you all, hope to see you around the forum.

Regards,

Calv.