About Chris Letchford

New Instructional book out now! "Guide To Tapping"! Available here: scalethesummitstore.com 

• 2011: LA Weekly named Chris Letchford, #3 for best metal guitarist under the age of 30! 

• 2011: Metalsucks.net named Chris Letchford in the top 25 for best modern metal guitarists. 

• Biography: Born on October 7, 1984 in Houston, TX, Christopher Letchford has quickly began his transition into an aspiring extended-range guitar player. At the age of 8, he began to play music and over the years it matured into a serious affair. Chris has acquired over 6 years of private guitar lessons, which were followed by enrollment in the Musicians Institute located in Los Angeles, CA as a guitar major and in the GCA program. While in GCA, he learned how to construct and build his own custom, handmade guitars. He has also attended Berklee College of Music and Houston Community College as a music major. He is currently teaching professionally (7 years now), releasing instructional books and touring with his own band, Scale the Summit, signed with Prosthetic Records. Scale The Summit has had the pleasure of touring with Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Cynic, Devin Townsend, Between The Buried and Me, Fair To Midland, Periphery, 3, and Protest The Hero, to name a few.

• Chris currently endorse's Ernie Ball Products, Fractal Audio, Mackie, Bareknuckle Pickups, Intune Guitar Picks, Rocktron, MusicMan Guitars, Suhr Guitars, Strandberg Guitars, Hipshot Bridges, Sherman Custom 7 & 8 String Guitars.

Band: Scale The Summit