JJMotown

Shame, you're sadly deluded. I'm not pretending to be anything. Your puerile comment above tells me everything your comments (plural) says about you. Your ignorance and stupidly not to recognise YOUR own mistakes and lack of understanding of context, clearly sums you up. The fact you apparently have an ignore list perfectly informs me of the type of person you are. Deluded.

Your ignorance is outstanding. Its not MY diagram, its one which backs up my advice is correct. It's not confusing to a beginner, it makes more sense then throwing around words like clockwise or anticlockwise. I've been setting up basses for almost 30 years, and I know using clockwise etc is the right terminology. However, we're not giving advice to someone with knowledge of what they're doing. Your ignorance to not comprehend the context of the OP and being a beginner with no knowledge what clockwise etc actually means, and apply appropriate language is both sad and disappointing. People like you shouldn't confuse the matter and cause this thread to become a mess. As I say, your ignorance is sad, period. Best you don't convolute further threads like this as you clearly don't understand context.

A mess??? Simple directions. Left to right is as simple as it gets. Clockwise or anticlockwise is more confusing because looking at the bass or headstock face-on, as per the diagram has no meaning., especially to a beginner. Essentially. You have convoluted this thread making it difficult to follow, as you're saying NO, to my directions, which you then agree are correct. The mess is being caused by you, not understanding your left from right.

OK, so I've added a diagram to spell it out as simple as possible... 1, facing the bass 2, turn left (E tuner side) to right (G tuner side on an ibanez) to loosen truss rod. Same a diagram below...

Nope, the truss rod is headstock end on the op ibanez, so my directions are correct to loosen the tension. If you were looking at the truss rod from the opposite direction, i.e. looking from headstock end down the neck to the body it'll be turning in opposite direction.

Buzz from top 4 frets is one of two things. 1, the nut is cut too low (nut needs replacing or there is a superglue and baking soda trick, do a Google search for this). 2, neck has too much back bow (turn truss rod 1/4 turn from left to right facing the bass in upright position to resolve). The other option is to change the strings to some higher in tension then your current ones.

Any 32inch flats will have more tension than TIs. Generally, the higher the gauge, the higher the tension.

Screws come in different widths, you may have slimmer ones, check dimensions and get next size up or some slightly wider.

Japanese dimensions and fit are different to standard. The curve you're talking about you'll have to judge by eye, some are rounded, others more angular.

Should try a different set if strings to rule out its not a dodgy string. Most dimarzio pups have adjustable poles, and sound great.

@warwickhunt your parcel didn't go to Suffork did it?

Had the same thing with ParcelForce earlier this month, claiming the parcel was larger than it actually was, saying I incurred a £45 additional charge. Unfortunately for them the delivery driver took a photo of the delivery, which showed their claims were incorrect. Took almost 3 weeks to sort, saying the error was with the courier. Yes, themselves!

I'd take the spec on these websites with a large pinch of salt. They are usually incorrect, especially at this price range.

Looks like the pickguard is spray painted gold, not gold anodized.

Nice to see the fiesta red looks to be an aged fiesta red, more subtle red. Brass saddles and a set of flats. Make a very cool little bass.