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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 gifted fingerstyle and hybrid-picking players in Instrumental Rock, and "Follow Me Up" is a solid example of why his work rewards close study. The piece sits at 100 BPM in E Standard tuning, a tempo that feels comfortable until you try to match the clarity and articulation that Phil Keaggy brings to every note. The real challenge is not raw speed but phrasing: keeping pick-hand dynamics even while the fretting hand navigates melodic lines that shift between single-note runs and chord punctuations. Pay close attention to how the rhythm feels behind the beat rather than pushed forward, which gives the track its relaxed but purposeful groove. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop any phrase that feels rushed and slow it down until you can hear every note speak cleanly. Getting the tone balanced between attack and sustain is just as important as getting the notes right.

  • The track sits at 100 BPM in E Standard tuning, giving you a moderate tempo where clean articulation and even dynamics matter more than speed.
  • Keaggy's hybrid picking style, combining pick and fingers simultaneously, is central to the texture here and worth isolating phrase by phrase.
  • Looping individual melodic runs with the Practice Toolbar at reduced speed will help you match the note clarity and phrasing control the piece demands.

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
Guitar

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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