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I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes I can't always reach the frets.

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Robin Trower
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 9
Guitarist
Robin Leonard Trower
Frets
Bend
Notes
Reach
Short
Hands
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