Low E (6th string) and B (2nd string) are notorious for needing a bit of sweetening on almost every guitar. I tend to fine tune to A notes while fretting string #6 at the fifth fret (string #4 at the 4th fret for the B string) because that splits the difference between fretted and open strings --- a trick taught to me by a pro player at a guitar camp. There was a major thread here recently about James Taylor's personal sweetened tunings and how many cents off he tunes certain strings. It is a surprising number.....
I also wonder if Rainsong is using jumbo frets. You can press too hard and force a fretted note sharp if the fret crown is high.
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