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08-11-2022, 08:48 AM
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Is this the sort of timbre you are thinking about? If so, then you should find something similar from any cheap archtop.
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I'm learning to flatpick and fingerpick guitar to accompany songs. I've played and studied traditional noter/drone mountain dulcimer for many years. And I used to play dobro in a bluegrass band. 
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08-11-2022, 10:45 AM
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Pretty close. Of course, the Folklore has more sustain; but the base of the tone in pretty similar.
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08-11-2022, 12:39 PM
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Comb Filter
I’ve recently been thinking about how the interior of a guitar body might sometimes set up the conditions for comb filtering.
Here is an interesting Youtube that explains comb filtering and shows examples which I think have a nasal sound: Delays of 1 to 2 micro seconds seem particularly nasally to me. I imagine that a flat bottom body interior, especially with a flat end block could reflect sound from the bridge area back towards the sound hole and create that type of delay and nasally sound. Mark
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08-12-2022, 01:24 PM
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'Nasal' tone is often associated with a lack or weakness in the power of the fundamental of the note. Small or overbuilt guitars will often have a 'main air' resonance that is higher pitched or weaker than usual, and produce a more 'nasal' tone. Plucking close to the bridge also emphasizes the upper partials as compared with the fundamental.
Pipe organ makers sometimes use 'English bass' to produce a low pitched note. If they want a 32' C but the ceiling is only 24' high, they will make a rank of pipes at 16', 10-2/3', 8', and so on, and sound them together. This produces the harmonics above the 32' fundamental, and the ear 'hears' it as the 32' note, but with a nasal timbre. There is some discussion as to why this works. 
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