Getting percussive sounds out of an acoustic guitar is no great mystery. When plugged into a decent PA system I can get a nice chop when playing certain rhythms. When you manipulate guitar sounds in the studio, or even with some decent software on your computer, say Cool Edit, you can make a guitar sound like other things. Listen to "Hold Me," and you'll hear a guitar that sounds like a cello. That was no accident.
I would guess that bass drum sound is coming from him striking a bass note that through some kind of echo or tremolo, or whatever, sounds like a drum. Speeding up the tape would also produce a more percussive sound on single notes.
Let's keep in mind that Lindsey said there are no drums on "Red Rover." I don't think he would lie about that.
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