I came across these two items.
The first is an article in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame magazine on the new inductees. It is just a one page thing, and I don't agree with all the recommended listening, but still nice to see:
This was an advertisement in Guitar World Magazine. Now, I'm pretty sure you can use whatever strings you want, even if you are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he does look adorable and succeeded and selling me Ernie Ball strings.