Start 1977 black, black pickguard
Maple neck Maple button
3 Alnico single coil

UTILIZATION

The handle is one of ease and rve jouabilit. I'm so used to this guitar that I play very hard on another!
Legere and well balance.
I changed the selector to put a 5 positions.

SOUNDS

The original Alnico pickups are excellent, with a preference for the neck pickup for blues.
Only the microphone acute (bridge) I do not like too much (I've often thought the change to a splittable humbucker Seymour Duncan genre but I did not bone denatures that girl!)
I have no amp now but I had a Deluxe reverb lamp and it's deadly! SOUND fender inimitable! The only downside with this kind of amp is to have a sound it must be saturated to almost the bottom and the neighbors do not really like! So I sold (sniff). Now I can plug into a Tubeman on a console. It is more than respectable, but I buy a lamp amp one day (Fender Blues Junior).

OVERALL OPINION

I bought used in 1979 to 2000f Marcel Dadi "himself"!
It's a beautiful guitar that I do not separate myself. Yes the 70's models do not cotent huge (1500euros), but I think it's unreasonable given the quality of these guitars from those of today made with wood and a pretty average finish edge of foutage of mouth (for the price).
I love Fender and I will always be a fan of Fender. Next purchase an amp lamps (Fender) and low (or Precision Jazzbass) vintage 70's of course.
"I love my Start." Mr Leo thank you!