
It was only the other week when Fender’s vice-president of product, Justin Norvell, was reeling off the pop-cultural events where the Stratocaster was front and centre and then lo, Sunday brings us H.E.R and her Strat at the Super Bowl half-time show with Usher
An event watched by more than 123 million viewers – a record for in US television broadcasting – chalk that down for Norvell’s list. There are of course alternative Super Bowl talking points but there was only one for us, and that was the bright red Strat that H.E.R was playing.