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C H R I S L E T C H F O R D
O F F I C I A L W E B S I T E
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NEW SCALE THE SUMMIT 2021
"SUBJECTS"
OUT NOW!
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CHRIS' NEW SOLO PROJECT ISLNDS
OUT NOW!
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SOLO JAZZ FUSION ALBUM "LIGHTBOX" FEATURING MEMBERS OF
THE REIGN OF KINDO
CDS, TAB BOOK, SHIRTS HERE
N E W S & u p d a t e s
June • 26 • 2021
New Scale The Summit double album featuring 8 of my favorite vocalists in the industry! Check out it out HERE
June • 20 • 2021
CL7 with 168 LEDS!
July • 1 • 2018
Currently writing the next Scale The Summit album! Stay tuned!
June • 9 • 2018
Bunch of pretty Kiesel CL signature models.
Check out more details and order one HERE
Available in 6, 7 & 8 string & many custom options
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Sept • 29 • 2017
USA/Canada Co-Headlining Tour with Angel Vivaldi and
special guest Andy James (His first time ever playing the US!). Angel, Andy and myself will also be doing a masterclass each
day before the show. Limited to 15 spots! Check out more
details and sign up HERE
July • 10 • 2017
US TOUR WITH MARTY FRIEDMAN! Tickets and VIP/Meet & Greet Packages on sale now!
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May • 26 • 2017
New play through video for "Witch House". New album is OUT NOW! You can get "IN A WORLD OF FEAR" digitally for just 5 bucks! HERE or cds ($7), vinyl, shirts, tab books, pick tins, and discounted package deals HERE
April • 28 • 2017
New play through for "Astral Kids" Pre-order "IN A WORLD OF FEAR" digitally for just 5 bucks and get 3 songs now HERE or cds, vinyl, shirts, tab books, pick tins, and discounted package deals HERE
May • 19 • 2017
"IN A WORLD OF FEAR" IS OUT NOW!
Get it digitally for just 5 bucks HERE
CD's ($7), vinyl, shirts, tab books, pick tins,
and discounted package deals HERE
ITUNES
AMAZON
GOOGLE PLAY
SPOTIFY
May • 16 • 2017
New music video and new song "The Warden". This one featuring Scott Carstairs of Fallujah, John Browne of Monuments and Nathan Navarro. You can still Pre-order "IN A WORLD OF FEAR" digitally for just 5 bucks and get 5 songs now HERE or cds ($7), vinyl, shirts, tab books, pick tins, and discounted package deals HERE
April • 18 • 2017
3rd single for the new Scale The Summit album featuring Angel Vivaldi! Digital pre-order for just $5 and get 3 songs and all future singles instantly as they are released: HERE (BANDCAMP) Or CD's, vinyl, tab books, USB cards, shirts and discounted package deals
HERE (STS ONLINE STORE)
MAR • 8 • 2017
New Scale The Summit record is available for pre-order! Check out the teaser below and all the awesome pre-order items!
April • 4 • 2017
Second single for the new Scale The Summit album! Digital pre-order for just $5 and get 3 songs and all future singles instantly as they are released: HERE (BANDCAMP) Or CD's, vinyl, tab books, USB cards, shirts and discounted package deals
HERE (STS ONLINE STORE)
MAR • 15 • 2017
First single for the new Scale The Summit album! Digital pre-order for just $5 and get this song and all future singles instantly as they are released: HERE (BANDCAMP) Or Cds, vinyl, tab books, USB cards, shirts and discounted package deals
HERE (STS ONLINE STORE)
FEB • 2 • 2017
New Scale The Summit record is almost finished being mixed. New song coming first week of March! Stay tuned!
JAN • 19 • 2017
Proud to announce I have a new signature model with Kiesel/Carvin guitars! Available in 6, 7 or 8 string, as well as in a bunch of different woods and finish options. So you can order it exactly the way you want it online here, or call 858-GUITARS
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JAN • 6 • 2017
Charlie and I entered the studio to track drums for the new Scale The Summit album with Anup Sastry, who will be also mixing the record.
SEPT • 21 • 2016
Islnds record is out now! Links to purechase!
Plus new play through for the single "controllr"
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AUG • 29 • 2016
Islnds just released a new song featuring guest vocalist Ashe O'Hara (ex- Tesseract) Check it out HERE
AUG • 22 • 2016
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! CHRIS IS NOW AN EXCLUSIVE KIESEL GUITARS ARTIST. HE'LL BE USING THE VADER MODELS AND DESIGNING A NEW SIGNATURE MODEL GUITAR! STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES!
AUG • 20 • 2016
NEW SOLO PROJECT ISLNDS, PREORDER LAUNCH AND NEW SINGLE! CHECK IT OUT HERE AND PACKAGE DEALS HERE
JAN • 25 • 2016
NEW SCALE THE SUMMIT us/canada TOUR ANNOUNCED.... CHECK OUT THE DATES HERE
JAN • 1 • 2016
Happy New Year! Looking forward to another awesome year, and hopefully many notes! First shows for "V" coming soon!
DEC • 15 • 2015
Proud to announce a huge milestone in my career! Hal Leonard will be releasing my next instructional book with video! Featuring 20 backing tracks from John Browne of Monuments. GET IT HERE
SEPT • 18 • 2015
Our 5th Scale The Summit studio album came out today! Get it HERE
SEPT • 9 • 2015
NEW music video for the single "blue sun"! Check it out: HERE
JULY • 10 • 2015
NEW music video for the single "stolas"! Check it out: here
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