Anybody Heard Of Fatboy Relic 69 PickUp Sets?

Duppy03

I bought a Strat with a none original preloaded pickguard called the "Fatboy Relic 69 PickUp Set".

They sound good so no complaints but have done a quick bit of searching on the internet and cant really find out much about them, other than a quick discussion critiquing the plastic relicing, but nothing about the electrics themselves.

Anybody heard of them?

SteveRobinson

Yes, they were made by Mark "Fatboy" Foley on the Isle of Wight. 
https://www.mfguitarproducts.com/

andy1839

They used to do a lot of stuff. 
Aged parts, pre wired pickguards etc.

I've got an aged guard and hardware of theirs that I got on a secondhand guitar years ago and was so impressed I bought new stuff to go on the guitar when I sold it and kept their bits.

Schnozz

Picking up fat rent boys for 69ers? Not here, Sir.

Sounds like something that would happen in Ipswich - Try there.

Duppy03

SteveRobinson said:

Yes, they were made by Mark "Fatboy" Foley on the Isle of Wight. 
https://www.mfguitarproducts.com/

That's awesome, thanks Steve!

shugz

Usually top notch stuff from Fatboy. I have a set (I'm unsure of the exact set however - fairly vintage early 60s voiced I'd say but I'm no expert on Strat pickups). They sound great to me and very well built.

'Scuse the ropeyness but here's a ruff fone clip demo of the ones I have if that's any use:



Cheers 
Hugh

soma1975

I have the Mark Foley Pre-CBS 60s set and they are incredible. 

BBBlues

He builds pickups for SVL now too. 

guitars4you

As others have said that Mark Foley is  a good guy with a well earned reputation for 'boutique' pick-ups - Cost around £200 a set

DrBob

shugz said:

Usually top notch stuff from Fatboy. I have a set (I'm unsure of the exact set however - fairly vintage early 60s voiced I'd say but I'm no expert on Strat pickups). They sound great to me and very well built.

'Scuse the ropeyness but here's a ruff fone clip demo of the ones I have if that's any use:



Cheers 
Hugh

Wait just one minute, am I seeing this right ? Shugz in “Not only playing, but actually owning a Strat shocker” I thought these things were like Kryptonite to you man ? 

fretfinder

Duppy03 said:

I bought a Strat with a none original preloaded pickguard called the "Fatboy Relic 69 PickUp Set".

They sound good so no complaints but have done a quick bit of searching on the internet and cant really find out much about them, other than a quick discussion critiquing the plastic relicing, but nothing about the electrics themselves.

Anybody heard of them?

If you google ‘fatboy Strat pickups’ lots of stuff comes up about Mark Foley and his pickups, including other forum discussions which you might find interesting.