guitar doesnt sound right

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Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:16 pm

this is my second twelve striNg guitar. the first one the saddle was lifting off of the body.it sang like an angel till it started doing that. so i returned it and got another. same make and model. this one just doesnt sound right. i think i know why. the guitar has a built in tuner. so i tune up and use the 12th string harmonic to make sure the regular string and the octave string are exact. so it sounds beatiful when i strum it open. now, when i play a g note on the low e string, ive noticed on the tuner that the g note is about 2/3 of a 1/2 step sharp. the same for every note on every fret of every string. but not all sharp by the same amount. IS THIS NORMAL. second even when the 2 strings are in perfect harmonic.(no wah wah wah wah), when played open. one string will be sharper than the other when i finger a note in certaian places on the fretboard. IS THIS NORMAL. TO ME I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SOUND. IN A WORD CRAP. IS THIS A LEGITIMATE TECHNICAL REASON FOR ME TO RETURN THIS GUITAR AND GET A DIFFERENT BRAND.