There has been a lot of talk lately about how much value the #followfriday hashtag on Twitter has been.  Does it really make you check out someone solely on the mention of their name?

I thought of instead of just referring people to my Twitter Guitar Directory, I could write a short post each Friday about a few people on Twitter who I enjoy reading about.

Sometimes 140 characters just isn’t enough.

@fretbase – One of my favorite guitar blogs.  Fretbase is a somewhat under the radar discovery for me.  Not only do they have a great news feature of the site, but they have a fairly extensive database of artists and songs with links to what gear they play and where you can download the songs (iTunes or Amazon).

@sixstringlounge – Six String Lounge is a blog/community started by Mark Lee, who is the guitarist in Third Day.  SSL is an amazingly deep site with articles on guitar heroes, lessons and much more.  The video lessons for beginning guitarists are very well done and a great place to start.

@matthewwarnock – Dr. Matthew Warnock is a great jazz guitarist currently residing in Illinois.  On his website, he has many great resources including a great list of free PDF chord melody arrangements.  Matt also contributes to quite a few publications including Just Jazz Guitar, Modern Guitars and MusicEdMagic.