Rock Band Lives

Just for fun we got our Rock Band setup down from the loft. I was surprised (and pleased) to discover that most of it works. I was even more pleased to discover that you can run Rock Band on a PlayStation 5 and it works too. We’ve also tried some of the original games on a PlayStation 3. You can also buy DLC for the game, including some tracks by Steely Dan, which is awesome.

The only problem we had was with one of the guitars. The strummy thing (to use it’s technical name) only worked in one direction. We’ve traced the problem to a reed switch in the guitar which is not firing when a magnet is moved close to it. I’ve ordered some reed switches and we might have a go at fixing it. I’m super impressed with the design and construction of the guitar itself. It is amazing that they could make and sell such a complicated piece of kit for such a low price.

If you have the kit in the loft and a PS5 I’d strongly suggest that you get it down and have a go. The game itself is now very cheap to buy and comes with lots of rock classics.