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Phil Keaggy - Follow Me Up guitar lesson video
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About Follow Me Up

Phil Keaggy is one of the most technically accomplished fingerstyle and flatpicking guitarists working in Instrumental Rock, and "Follow Me Up" gives you a clear window into what makes Phil Keaggy so worth studying. At 100 BPM in E Standard tuning, the tempo sits squarely in a range that feels approachable until you start tracking the picking-hand detail and the fluid melodic phrasing Keaggy layers on top. The real challenge here is not raw speed but consistency: keeping your attack even, your tone clean, and your transitions between melodic runs and chord passages smooth. Pay close attention to how the right hand drives the feel, since any sloppiness there will expose itself quickly at this tempo. If a particular run or transition keeps tripping you up, isolate it with the Practice Toolbar, loop it slowed down, and build the motion up gradually before returning to full speed. This is the kind of piece where slow, deliberate repetition pays off far more than grinding it at tempo.

  • Played in E Standard tuning at 100 BPM, the tempo demands consistent right-hand control and even attack across both melodic runs and chord passages.
  • Keaggy's signature blend of fingerstyle and flatpicking technique appears throughout, so be prepared to adapt your picking-hand approach as the song shifts.
  • Isolating transitions between melodic phrases and rhythm sections with the Practice Toolbar, slowed down, is the most effective way to clean up the tricky handoffs.

How to Play Follow Me Up

Tuning: E Standard · Tempo: 100 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 100 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Keaggy's primary electric choice, the Les Paul Standard delivers the warm, vocal midrange and thick sustain he needs for fingerstyle leads and orchestral layering. Its PAF-style humbuckers drive his tube amps into smooth overdrive while keeping looped layers clean.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

Keaggy uses this premium Les Paul variant for its enhanced tonal depth and craftsmanship, offering the same warm humbucker character as the Standard but with greater refinement for his most expressive, sustained passages.

Fender Twin Reverb
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Fender Twin Reverb

This clean-headroom workhorse gives Keaggy the sparkly platform he needs to push into saturation via pedals rather than amp distortion, preserving the fingerstyle dynamics crucial to his layered, looping arrangements.

Vox AC30
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Vox AC30

The AC30's chiming midrange and natural breakup complement Keaggy's edge-of-breakup approach, adding harmonic complexity to his loop-based soundscapes while maintaining the articulation required for intricate fingerpicking.

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
Pedal

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

This smooth overdrive pedal shapes Keaggy's lead tones without losing clarity, driving his tube amps into saturation while preserving note definition in his fast, fingerstyle lines and sustaining solos.

Boss CE-2 Chorus
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Boss CE-2 Chorus

Keaggy employs this classic analog-style chorus to add shimmer and width to his layered orchestral textures, thickening his fingerstyle passages without muddying the midrange definition that defines his signature sound.

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