The pitch shifter is really bad. Playalong to different tunings is a pain. I have a working pitich shifter in the small Waza Air and that sounds really flawless.
I have just this video from the luthier on the faker page on Facebook:
(3) Rickenfakers : Built this 22 frets 8 stringer, with Lace pick ups | Facebook
Maybe i can record some soundclips next week.
My Warwick 8-String has adjustable spacings, I set them to 3,5mm on the G and D strings, closer is not possible with this bridge, and 4mm on the thicker A and E strings. That works quite good for me, they don´t touch each other.