That's a hard bend with .012 strings, which I am guessing you have. You have to want it. At least it's only F - F#, not G. The hard part is keeping the A still and stable. No harm going to lighter strings, gaining technique, and then deciding that if you want heavier gauges you can go for it. I remember reading the words of an old New York studio great when a young guy came in "why you working so hard, lad, get you a plain G string like the rest of us", or some such thing.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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