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title: Latest Gear News and Reviews - GearSource
description: Stay up-to-date with the GearSource blog, featuring the latest news, insights, and trends in the world of professional audio, lighting, staging, and video equipment.
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# Welcome to the GearSource Blog

 Your source for news, reviews, and the latest insights from your GearHeads team!

[![A row of matte black LED moving-head fixtures clamped along an aluminum truss in an arena, seen from truss level with empty seats in soft blue and amber haze behind](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_09_lighting_truss_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

## [What has actually changed on the truss since the LED-hybrid and IP-fixture wave?](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Lighting Equipment](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/lighting-equipment) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Lighting](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/lighting) [Fixtures](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/fixtures) 

 July 2, 2026

By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource, 24 years in pro-AV marketplaces.

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

[![Looking straight up at an arena rigging grid, with steel truss, yellow chain motors, hanging line array, and moving lights silhouetted against work lights](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_08_insurance_rigging_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/insurance-rigging-risk-2026)

## [Insurance, rigging, and risk are rewriting the cost stack of every show in 2026](https://gearsource.com/blog/insurance-rigging-risk-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Industry News](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/industry-news) [Insurance](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/insurance) [Risk](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/risk) [Rigging](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rigging) 

 June 26, 2026

By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource, 24 years in pro-AV marketplaces.

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/insurance-rigging-risk-2026)

[![Outdoor festival main stage at golden hour with line array speakers, LED walls, lighting truss, and an empty grass field in front](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_07_gearshare_data_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-first-cross-rental-data-2026)

## [What did GearShare learn from its early stage cross-rental data?](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-first-cross-rental-data-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Marketplace](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/marketplace) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) 

 June 18, 2026

The short version: cross-rental in 2026 is bigger, more structured, and more concentrated than most...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-first-cross-rental-data-2026)

[![Pro-AV repair workshop bench with a disassembled moving-head fixture revealing the gobo wheel and DMX board, a digital multimeter, a torque screwdriver, a clipboard, nitrile gloves, gaffer tape, and an LED inspection lamp on a neutral grey work surface.](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_06_used_diligence_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-diligence-checklist-2026)

## [How do you spot a used gear deal from a used gear disaster in 2026?](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-diligence-checklist-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Used Gear](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/used-gear) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Secondary Market](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/secondary-market) [Diligence](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/diligence) 

 June 11, 2026

The short answer is that diligence in 2026 looks different than it did in 2019. Price is no longer...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-diligence-checklist-2026)

[![Empty arena backstage corridor before doors, a folding chair with a headset, coiled XLR cable on the concrete floor, dim utility lighting, no people in the frame.](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_05_crew_shortage_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/crew-shortage-live-events-honest-2026)

## [The crew shortage is real](https://gearsource.com/blog/crew-shortage-live-events-honest-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Crew](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/crew) [Workforce](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/workforce) 

 June 4, 2026

The polite version of the crew shortage story is that the pandemic pushed people out, demand came...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/crew-shortage-live-events-honest-2026)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_04_crossrental_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-survival-strategy-2026)

## [Why is sub-rental now a survival strategy?](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-survival-strategy-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Sub-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/sub-rental) 

 May 28, 2026

For most of the last twenty years, sub-rental was a side door. You picked up the phone, called the...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-survival-strategy-2026)

[![A photo-realistic close-up of a road-worn black professional moving-head lighting fixture sitting on a workshop floor, lit with cool blue ambient light and a warm amber rim from upper right.](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_03_used_gear_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-pricing-2026-secondary-market-signal)

## [Used gear pricing in 2026: what is the secondary market telling us about new gear demand?](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-pricing-2026-secondary-market-signal)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Used Gear](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/used-gear) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Secondary Market](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/secondary-market) 

 May 21, 2026

If you only look at one number this quarter to read where live events spending is going, look at...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-gear-pricing-2026-secondary-market-signal)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-05-15%20at%201.10.15%20PM.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/rise-of-intentional-media-news-aggregators-2026)

## [The Rise of Intentional Media in 2026](https://gearsource.com/blog/rise-of-intentional-media-news-aggregators-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[News Aggregation](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/news-aggregation) [EventWire](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/eventwire) [SpeedWire](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/speedwire) [Digital Media](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/digital-media) [Industry News](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/industry-news) [Media Trends 2026](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/media-trends-2026) [Live Events Industry](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events-industry) 

 May 15, 2026

The digital landscape in 2026 is being shaped by a major shift toward “Intentional media.” For...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/rise-of-intentional-media-news-aggregators-2026)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_02_tariffs_hero_v3_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/tariffs-imported-pro-av-rental-resale-pricing)

## [Tariffs on imported pro AV gear: what's actually changing for rental and resale pricing](https://gearsource.com/blog/tariffs-imported-pro-av-rental-resale-pricing)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Used Gear](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/used-gear) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Tariffs](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/tariffs) 

 May 14, 2026

The honest answer, for anyone running a rental house or buying used in 2026, is this: Tariff...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/tariffs-imported-pro-av-rental-resale-pricing)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/gearsource_hero_me_q4_shortage.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/middle-east-q4-2026-gear-shortage)

## [Will There Be a Live Event Gear Shortage in the Middle East in Q4 2026? What Production Teams Need to Know](https://gearsource.com/blog/middle-east-q4-2026-gear-shortage)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[Audio Company](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/audio-company) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [Lighting Equipment](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/lighting-equipment) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [Middle East](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/middle-east) [Production Logistics](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/production-logistics) 

 May 7, 2026

Yes, there will be a gear pinch in the Middle East in Q4 2026.

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/middle-east-q4-2026-gear-shortage)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/Geezer%20Media%20Group.jpeg)](https://gearsource.com/blog/geezers-of-gear-expands-into-geezer-media-group)

## [Geezers Of Gear Expands into Geezer Media Group](https://gearsource.com/blog/geezers-of-gear-expands-into-geezer-media-group)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[AI Powered News Aggregation Platform](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ai-powered-news-aggregation-platform) 

 March 30, 2026

Geezer Media Group Breaks Traditional Industry Boundaries, Leveraging AI to Redefine Media and...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/geezers-of-gear-expands-into-geezer-media-group)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/gearshare-how-it-works.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/how-gearshare-works-a-complete-guide-for-rental-production-companies)

## [How GearShare® Works: A Complete Guide for Rental & Production Companies](https://gearsource.com/blog/how-gearshare-works-a-complete-guide-for-rental-production-companies)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

[AV Equipment](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/av-equipment) [AI-powered B2B cross-rental platform](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ai-powered-b2b-cross-rental-platform) [AI](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ai) 

 February 26, 2026

Every rental and production company in live events knows the drill.A show comes in a festival, a...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/how-gearshare-works-a-complete-guide-for-rental-production-companies)

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