crunchy acoustic gtr

while listening to some radio songs that have acoustic gtr's in them with typical strummed chords i noticed the sound/tone was very crunchy and almost half muted of sorts(almost like an unplugged electric being strummed) and well found it very pleasing. in contrast MY acoustic gtr sounds very full and chimey like you would expect an acoustic to sound.

sorry if my terminology is vague and politically incorrect...



is this sound achieved from a specific mic technique, eq treatment, room, or just a specific instrument(hollowbody electric, etc.) or even a combination of all these things?



these tones were from songs like Hinder-better than me and Stonesour-looking through the glass .



thanks