And for the interested, here's a link to my guitar:
http://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=m&m=HD-28&PHPSESSID=34852a65b64f460ef8450497215734cb

I should note that the $2959.00 figure listed is (as with all musical instruments) a bit high. IIRC I walked out the door at closer to $2,100. I also knew the salesman well, but I'm under no illusion that I got a great deal. Never let anyone sell you a guitar at anything close to list price; actually, I've found they hardly even try anymore.

Soon after the purchase I added a fishman pickup at a cost of about $200 (with an external transducer), so I suppose that brings to total cost up to about $2,300 for my current setup.

Also Tony, I'll mention that I don't use anything other the Elixir strings on my guitar, though for tone reasons I don't go any lower than medium-light.