Chris Letchford (born October 7, 1984, in Houston, Texas) is an American guitarist. He is the lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Scale the Summit. Letchford began playing guitar when he was 8 years old. He had over 6 years of private guitar lessons before applying to the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, majoring in the GCA program and then the Guitar Performance program, GIT. Along with this education, he also attended Berklee College of Music with a major in music.