About 1st Way Pro Rental

Built by Technicians.
Trusted by Headliners.

For over 15 years, we’ve been the team behind the curtain at major Vietnamese concerts, casino productions, and high-profile weddings across Southern California. We don’t sell equipment — we deliver shows.

The Founder

Meet Thanh Nguyen,
the engineer behind the show.

Thanh Ba Nguyen has spent more than 15 years mixing concert audio, designing lighting rigs, and producing live shows for the biggest names in Vietnamese-American entertainment. His resume includes performances at Yaamava’ Resort, Pala Casino, Pechanga Resort, Sycuan Casino, and major venues across Southern California.

What started as one engineer with a Yamaha console has grown into a full production company with a deep equipment inventory and a roster of touring-grade engineers, lighting designers, and VJs — all sharing Thanh’s relentless standard for quality.

“My job is invisible,” he says. “When you don’t notice the audio, the lighting, the stage — that means we did our job.”

  • 15+ years of concert and casino production experience
  • Worked with Trí Trí Lê, Đan Nguyên, Trường Giang, Trần Thành, Lư Quyên, Mỹ Tâm
  • Bilingual — fluent English & Vietnamese
  • Based in Westminster, the heart of Little Saigon
On the Record

Real Productions.
Real Credits.

Concert credits aren’t bullet points — they’re show files, headsets, load-in calls, and a name in the program. Here’s recent production credit from a major Las Vegas live show.

Production credits screen for The Venue live show in Las Vegas — Sound Engineer Roland Casiquin, Lighting Director Thanh Nguyen, Graphics Duy Xa
The Venue · Las Vegas
Lighting Director — Thanh Nguyen
Sound Engineer — Roland Casiquin
Graphics — Duy Xa

Live show production credit at The Venue in Las Vegas. Full crew credit screen from the show.

The Venue Las Vegas concert lighting setup with audience
The Venue · Las Vegas
Lighting console for The Venue live show in Las Vegas
Lighting Console · Show Programming
ANH TRAI SAY HI Live in Las Vegas main stage with concert lighting and LED video walls
ANH TRAI SAY HI · Las Vegas
What Drives Us

Our Values

Four principles that shape every event we touch.

01

Show First, Equipment Second

Gear is a tool, not the product. We obsess over what the audience experiences — the clarity of the vocals, the depth of the bass, the moment the lights hit the chorus. Equipment exists to serve that.

02

Bilingual by Design

We speak Vietnamese on the headset, in the rider, and in the contract. For Vietnamese-American clients, that means seamless communication. For everyone else, it means we understand a community most providers don’t.

03

Quiet Professionalism

The best crew is the one you forget is there. We arrive on time, set up clean, run the show without drama, and break down without leaving a trace. Your event, your spotlight.

04

Concert-Grade, Every Event

The same engineers who run our casino shows run your wedding. The same LED panels we use at festivals are the ones in your reception. We don’t have a “small event” tier of quality.

The Team

Concert Veterans.
Show-Day Ready.

Our team includes audio engineers, lighting designers, VJs, and stage technicians with combined experience across hundreds of productions.

01
Founder · Lighting Director

Thanh Ba Nguyen

15+ years · concert & casino productions
Lighting Director credit on The Venue (Las Vegas), production support across major Vietnamese-American shows.
02
FOH & Monitor Engineering

Audio Team

Touring veterans · bilingual on the headset
Console fluency: DiGiCo SD-series, Yamaha CL/PM, Allen & Heath dLive, Avid S6L.
03
Lighting Design & Programming

LD & Programmer Team

Concert and broadcast lighting design
Console fluency: GrandMA3, Hog 4, ChamSys MQ. Fixtures: Robe, Martin, Claypaky, Ayrton.

Let’s build your
next show together.

Bilingual team, professional crew, concert-grade equipment. Available for events across Southern California.

Start a Conversation