I, too, would like to contact Zig. I read somewhere that he frequently disables PM when he is busy, although that isn't the error message I got when I tried to PM. I will actually be in Toronto for the day Friday, was hoping to deliver mine to him for a service in person, and avoid the mail for at least one leg.
Unless something has changed in the last 30 days, they are both only selling (and recommending) H-Fac models. Try Angus or Toro for the Noob editions. As james recommends, they both respond to emails within hours so nothing lost by asking.
Took me a couple of weeks to get around to taking these, but I'm really enjoying this one. 111N V3 on Panatime Vintage Tobacco. Love how the reddish brown pops with the black stitching and the black face:
After an agonizing wait of 4 days (I keed, I keed....I was shocked when the doorbell rang), my birthday present arrived a few weeks early....so I opened it, of course. PAM 111N V3, on rep rubber for now, should have my panatime vintage tobacco by the weekend: