Jim Adkins

Despite being a guitar player, I've always been way more into good songs that guitar playing for the sake of guitar playing.  I mean, I also enjoy a good technical shredder and I love playing fast metal guitar, but I just love good songs.

I find that there are guitarists that, instead of being shredders, just write really cool riffs and cool parts.  Jim Adkins, the guitarist and singer of Jimmy Eat World, is one of those guys.  He writes great songs, and his parts fit in so well and are more than just strummy stuff.  Chase This Light is one of my favorite albums of all time, start to finish.