Jet Guitars - JS 700 Matt Black

A dark shockwave sweeps through the room the moment the JS-700 MBK electric guitar takes centre stage under the spotlights, instantly imposing its highly cinematic Matt Black finish at the heart of the mix. The HH pickup configuration, featuring a J-87 neck pickup and a J-87 bridge pickup, both with Alnico V magnets, feeds a raging signal into the amplifiers, transforming every pick attack into explosive dynamics, ideal for cutting through even the densest arrangements. This flow of dual Alnico V humbuckers, finished in Parchment/Zebra since 2024, roars in perfect synergy with the Wilkinson Tremolo, which modulates chords without any loss of energy, whilst the single volume control ensures surgical gain transitions on the fly.

In the hand, the ergonomics reflect the instrument’s meticulous construction. The roasted Canadian maple neck, sculpted to an intuitive Modern C profile, glides perfectly to provide a firm grip during rapid fingerwork. Your fingers grip the roasted maple fingerboard, whose radius of 241.3 mm (or original fingerboard radius: 9.5") offers the ideal curve for playing complex chords without muscle fatigue, gliding across the 22 frets with absolute fluidity on this matt black satin finish. To cope with demanding string tension, the double-action truss rod stabilises the neck’s straightness, maintaining low action on a bone/polymer fibre nut (since 2025) calibrated for a nut width of 41.91 mm.

The acoustic architecture of this solid-body guitar (or construction type: solid body) derives its resonance from a body made of roasted poplar, forming a solid block that includes the back and sides: torrefied poplar, a heat-treated wood that imparts a crisp, dry low-midrange spectrum. A scale length of 647.7 mm (or original scale length: 25.5") ensures optimum string tension, propelling crisp harmonics transmitted directly via the gold-plated locking tuners. This high-end gold-plated hardware, enhanced by its gold finish, firmly anchors the vibrations at the head of the instrument to eliminate even the slightest wobble and ensure the piece remains in tune right through to the final encore.