I bought a new sunburst D-41 Special last week and I am very pleased with it. It's my first new Martin and my first dreadnought - I have a couple of 0-size Martins as well. In the current Acoustic Guitar mag, there is an interesting article that outlines the steps in the building of a Martin D-28. There is a lot of work done by machine, but also a lot of hands-on finishing as well.