improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources motorave news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message motorave type private industry musical instruments founded may 24 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 05 24 founder mark fuqua headquarters north carolina u.s area served global products guitars website official website motorave guitars are made by mark fuqua in durham north carolina . motorave guitars began in los angeles california in 2002 in a workshop on venice boulevard in west los angeles . later he was located on sunset boulevard in hollywood . in 2007 he moved to his current location in north carolina where he continues to make motorave guitars . besides their line of handbuilt guitars the company also repairs guitars on a limited basis as well as performing modifications such as changing pickups electronics hardware frets and other components . contents 1 guitars 1.1 belaire 1.2 lemans 2 external links 3 references guitars edit all motorave guitars are built by hand and can be fitted with several different options including different pick ups fretboard inlays and finishes . belaire edit the belaire originated as a solid body guitar built as a one off for a customer looking for a large guitar due to his own large stature . to avoid back routed control cavities the guitar was designed with a large pickguard similar to the one of a fender telecaster thinline . after the guitar was delivered fuqua decided to create a semihollow version of the guitar with a bigsby vibrato . the guitar had a solid core in the body s center and a sharp soundhole similar to what is normally found on rickenbackers . during its construction alain johannes visited the shop to pick up a vintage maton which had been repaired and took a liking to the unfinished guitar . a few weeks later the finished guitar was delivered to johannes and a week later queens of the stone age front man josh homme ordered one for himself which was his main guitar during the recording of era vulgaris . lemans edit the lemans was specially designed to be extremely thin much like a gibson sg . the guitar is fitted with a single bridge pickup to allow for an extra strong neck joint which allows extra transference between neck and body . another feature to make the guitar simple and easy to maintain is the control plate with a single volume control and jack input the short and simple circuit also reduces capacitance for a clear tone . one of the first lemans models were built for american hard rock band burning brides guitarist and vocalist dimitri coats . external links edit official website official myspace references edit josh homme interview retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title motorave & oldid 739646763 categories guitar manufacturing companiesprivately held companies based in north carolinahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from august 2012all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 01 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view