About Fat Cat Guitars

Location:
2271 Randall Road
Carpentersville , IL 60110
(corner of Randall & Miller roads, just across the street from Menard’s. Enter on Miller Road )

Phone: 847-844-8844

Hours:
Monday through Friday, 11 am to 8 pm

Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm

Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm

Who Are We?

FAT CAT is the brainchild of Elgin couple Scott Bond and Kate Darling Bond, both of whom are experienced music industry professionals.

Scott is a former major label recording artist (with his band Icos, formerly on Slipdisc/Mercury Records) who has toured the country and recorded at Abbey Road in London , the world famous studio where The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon were created. He has a wealth of experience in repairing and building guitars. Scott is also the former repair and inspection manager for Westheimer Corporation, which is the U.S. distributor for Cort stringed instruments. Scott is Fat Cat’s repair ninja and resident guitar whisperer. His band Aether brings the rock regularly to venues all over the Chicagoland area. You can reach him at scott@fatcatguitars.com.

Kate is a former marketing director for Chicago concert promoter Clear Channel Entertainment (now called LiveNation) as well as Chicago’s late lamented radio station WRCX-FM (Rock 103.5), and she has worked with many of the biggest bands in the business today. Kate handles all advertising, marketing, promotion, and general business hoo ha. You can reach her at kate@fatcatguitars.com.

Who Did All This Insane Art?

The Fat Cat logo was designed by underground artist and real cool cat Stu Helm. Stu also does all the original drawings and artwork for the store. You can view more of his work at www.cheesygraphics.com.

FatCatGuitars.com is designed by ColdFusion rockstar Mike Rende. You can reach Mike through www.sitebymike.com.