There is a long crack running very close to the edges of the bass and hard to glue up, but it will eventually crack all the way end to end. gotta fix it now.

After glueing the crack as best I can by flexing and working-in the hot hide glue, I start carving the bed for an inlaid "finger" patch

You can see the original crack running through the bed in the next picture. It had been open for some time, so a fair bit of dirt was in there, making it almost impossible to just glue successfully.

I fit the patch using the chalk method and glue with hide glue.