You may remember that time Phish rang in the new year at New York’s Madison Square Garden with a fantastic pirate ship gag that was enhanced by the light-up wristbands (Xylobands) that turned the MSG crowd into a glowing, flowing LED ocean, and if you were lucky enough to be present at the show, you know that the wristbands stayed lit for a while after the encore but eventually gave up the ghost. 

Well, one intrepid Phish fan made it his mission to revive his Xylobands for an impressive art project. YouTuber PatchBOTS, who usually sticks to Star Wars-related electronic/artistic endeavors, recently posted an in-depth video of how he went about opening up the Xyloband to figure out how to bring it back to life. PatchBOTS (real name presumably Patrick Stefanski, according to his Reddit username) is a self-proclaimed “huge” Phish fan (he provides a photo of himself near the rail at 2003’s It fest for proof) who has now been to seven consecutive Phish NYE shows with his wife (Mrs. PatchBOTS). 

In the video, Stefanski meticulously shows the mechanics of lighting up the Xyloband and takes us through his plan and execution of making a 3-D-printed Phish pirate flag logo, taken from the band’s own flags flown on the S.S. Phish above the MSG stage. I can’t begin to understand what’s going on here, electronically speaking, but the end product speaks for itself. If you have the time, inclination and smarts to pull this off, kudos to you. Stefanski assures us that his version will hang on his wall to be turned on during couch tour this summer. 

Watch below, and check out more cool stuff from PatchBOTS here.