printable ubass without front plate

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Lots of edits can still be made! These are fully useable files to print the ubass without the front, so the soundboard and fingerboard can be made from wood instead. My first prototype was a success although I used the wrong kind of pickup but that doesn't affect the printable files. I would recommend (and may do this myself soon) adding holes to the bottom body piece for dowels in order to make bonding the parts easier. I drilled these on the first build but plan to do this in Blender instead before I print another body. Based on how sturdy the first build is, I would consider this a very low priority as drilling isn't difficult. The hole for the amp plugin should be easy to adjust as well. Again the pickup I chose doesn't work (or might work with different mounting options?) since it needs to have physical string contact (or saddle contact) and I had hoped the proximity to the bridge would do the trick. In any case, the hole needed to be much bigger for this particular pickup which was, again, easy to simply ream out with a power drill but could be edited in Blender easily enough. Added another image of the bridge after a mod. These springs connect with the pickup and is a functional fix! Some fine-tuning of this method is needed as with many other details of this project. Update Dec 2023: Body piece updated with pilot holes to drill out for joining. I use small wooden dowels with these holes (drilled larger) when joining the body together. Also added pics of bass #2 with a different style of pickup (contact mics mounted internally). Added pics of #3 as well, aiming for a "semi-hollow" style with a single jazz pickup. These all have a very unique tone!