Taylor,
The rails are so large, it's the foundation which structurally supports not only the pickups, but the entire body... Then, if that's not enough, the maker prints: THE RAIL DAMMMM!
From a design perspective, the more you project the rails, the more you have to remove a classical esthetically well understood -- exotically created, wooden bass.
I think your example, is very-far to the right of the scale. Extremely radical. But it is still very relevant to this sub-discussion.
Thanks.
P.S.
This bass almost looks like a miniaturized old vintage style, sliding X-Ray machine.
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on October 17, 2009)