sweet freedom
There are some songs from certain time periods that say a ton of about a decade. Sweet Freedom by Michael McDonald is one of them.
The vast majority of solid-body electric guitars today are pretty much manufactured the exact same way they were 60 years ago. Planks of wood make up the body and neck, and simple passive (meaning non-"active") electronics are used for pickup selection, the pickups themselves, volume control, tone control and output jack.
I've been on the internet a long time. A really long time. Heck, some of you reading this probably weren't even born when I first started using internet in 1996. No, I'm not saying that to brag (because it's really nothing to brag about), but I am saying I've seen a lot of things come and go over my 16 years of using internet.
Sometimes it can be confusing which powered amplifier setup to go with, because you're not sure which one will be able to do the job right.
Sometimes I get emails requesting I write about specific stuff and this is one of them. If you'd like to email me in your own question, write me.