Breaking The Law - Judas Priest (Bass Cover with Tabs)

Bass cover of Breaking the Law by Judas Priest
E Standard Tuning
Brightness of the Sun: redirected quarantine rays

Tabs in this video created by me available here:

Gear I use (Links are Affiliate Links)

Tone Settings:
Bass - full Neck Pickup - full
Mid - 1/2 Bridge Pickup - full
Treble - 1/2

Year: 1980
Album: British Steel
Bassist: Ian Hill
Genre: Heavy Metal

** I really got into Priest while I was in AmeriCorps. I had started listening to them again just because I wanted to, but then I found Glenn Fricker's channel and he talkes about JP a bit on his show. So that pushed me more into listening to them. Then, I was listening to "Beyond the Realms of Death" while I was out for a walk, but kept thinking it was "Suite Madame Blue" from Styx. Turns out that the intros are similar and they are in the same key! I then tried my hand at one of those song mash-ups (like Mother was a rolling stone. Look it up if you don't know it). My mash-up wasn't very good though so I took it down. Part of the reason it wasn't great was I just took the original songs and cut/paste them on top of each other. I don't know where to find the original stems or individual audio tracks or anything. That would have made it just a little less terrible xD.

Well, I was going through my playlists on my channel and sprucing them up a bit, taking out any deleted or private songs and I stumbled across my JP playlist. I played quite a few of them, but they didn't have tabs. I like the songs, and so I made a poll asking which I should cover again (but with the tabs). I had about 20% of the people say I shouldn't do any, 20% said I should do them all agian, 5% for each of the others, and then 50% of the people wanted Breaking the Law, so that's how I came to re-cover it.

As far as tabbing goes, it's fairly straightforward. Mostly straight 8th notes, following the guitar. The outro is a little easier to hear some of the note switches, but it's the same as the verse, but with the chorus sung on top of it.

Also, in the chorus, the synchopated 14 on the g string is annoying to tab. not because it's hard to tell what it is but because I don't like putting in an 8th rest right there, but It's not long enough to be a tied note, but a stacatto quarter isn't quite right because it spans over two notes. The quarter note would make the start of the 2nd note not very clear.

In the live videos, It's clear Ian Hill is using a pick with alternate picking. It's also fairly hard to find a video showing him in the chorus

This video did not help me tab out whatsoever, but I thought it worth including because as I looked for videos, this was the first one I found and the crowd sang the whole song. Rob didn't sing any of it and it's truly amazing how much the crowd loves the band and the song to do that. Check it out if you get the chance

0:28 You can see Ian Hill at the 5
0:58 same thing
1:34 you can hear the solo, and see some of it too. He's sticking to the 5

1:00 you can easily hear Ian Hill play the slide, rather than just being in the mix. It's 14 on the A string. Not what I was expecting, but that's what I was hearing

0:57 Here, it shows Ian Hill playing 9 on the G. It's a good clear shot, but very short, so I had to go to half speed. You can clearly see the string that was picked and his pinky on that fret. It then goes to show him playing open A (Not 5 on the E) and then set up the next slide in the same spot.

1:38 you see Ian Hill in the solo playing on the 2 on the A, not 7 on the E

1:18 This Video confirms in the solo it is 2 on the A

Thanks for watching! Enjoy :)

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[themigwel]

Always nice to see cool songs that are easy for my newb hands. 👍

[JRMurdock]

This is one of the easier Priest songs and is a blast to play :-). Well done.

[krzmi]

Nice and thorough work on analysing how he really plays live!

[priestessofkek]

This is so much fun to play. Great vid!

[hubertgunpowder]

Fantastic song and bass cover, my friend !! ♫

[danieldethouars]

Great great cover love the perma-grin cracking me up the whole time

[rickywood]

Love the Priest! thanks for all of the covers! I would love to see you do Victim of Changes, the greatest Priest song ever!

[ThunderBassistJay]

I covered this original, as well as Motörhead's version. Always good to see you covering songs with your great skills.

[cesarrasec]

Another great cover/lesson. Do you plan going live again soon?

[Sebas]

Tocas muy bien y tienes una increible actitud ❤ ya me suscribe amigo.
Ojala pudieses subir la de One on One, creo nadie la ha subido hasta ahora ❤

[Chopperdavemays]

What brand bass is that?
Looks and sounds great!!!!
I want one

[daithizone]

good job love jamming out to your videos :)

[minamin]

Awesome video. Could you add "Hallowed be thy name" by iron maiden to the list?

[DrBASSics]

Seems your very happy when playing the song🤣🤣

[classicosdublados]

Far out! Please do London Calling by The Clash.

[StraiyEU]

That was actually my first song on bass i could play as a whole...

[scottkretsch]

Does this song end on a down beat or an up beat? The chorus at the end has a little hesitation, or rest, and I can’t determine if it ends on a down beat or actually on an upbeat that sounds like down beat because the beat is pushed and the root note is played just before the start of a new measure. Sorry if that is confusing; I’m talking about subdivisions.

[angelmoreno-rj]

ive been having some difficulties with my rithm, turn on the slow play is a good idea?

[krik_hammert]

i find it easier to play on my A string than my E string, so instead of 5 on my E string i play an open A string, it just makes it a little easier for me:)

[ianshank]

Awesome! Dude could you please do Under my wheels by Alice Cooper?! It would be greatly appreciated!!