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Saxon - Strong Arm Of the Law - Guitar Solo Tab

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About Strong Arm Of the Law

Few Heavy Metal anthems sit as comfortably under the fingers as this one, yet there is still plenty to nail correctly. Running at 120 BPM in E minor with E Standard tuning, "Strong Arm of the Law" by Saxon is built around a driving, mid-paced riff that lives on the lower strings and relies heavily on tight palm muting and clean left-hand damping. Getting that chunky, controlled attack right is the real challenge: too loose and the riff loses its authority, too stiff and the groove disappears. The chord work through the verse demands that you stay relaxed in the right hand while keeping the mutes precise, which is harder at a locked 120 BPM than it looks. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the main riff at a reduced speed until the muting pattern feels automatic, then gradually bring it back up to tempo. Pay close attention to where the mutes lift into open power chords, because those transitions define the song's punch.

  • The song is built on lower-string power chords in E minor with palm muting as the defining technique, so right-hand control is the primary thing to practise.
  • E Standard tuning means no retuning is needed, making this a straightforward pick-up-and-play track for guitarists already set up for standard pitch.
  • At 120 BPM the riff sits at a tempo where precision matters as much as speed, so looping it slowed down helps lock in the muting transitions cleanly.

How to Play Strong Arm Of the Law

Tuning: E Standard · Key: E minor · Tempo: 120 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 120 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

Saxon paired Stratocasters with Les Pauls to access brighter, snappier tones for specific rhythm passages, though the Les Paul remained their primary choice. The Strat's lighter voice provided textural contrast without sacrificing the power and sustain needed for their heavy riff-based approach.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Paul Quinn's primary weapon, the Les Paul Standard delivers the thick, warm fundamental and natural sustain that defines Saxon's power chord-driven riffs. Stock Gibson humbuckers paired with cranked Marshall tubes created their signature compressed, articulate tone without need for modification.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Les Paul Custom offered similar tonal characteristics to Quinn's Standard model, with slightly enhanced sustain and output for added punch in live settings. Its premium construction maintained the warm, natural compression essential to Saxon's tube-amp-driven heavy metal sound.

Marshall JCM800
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Marshall JCM800

The JCM800 pushed at full volume created Saxon's thick, slightly compressed tone with midrange emphasis that cuts through dense rhythm sections. Running single-channel with no switching forced Quinn to control breakup purely through playing dynamics and natural power-tube saturation.

Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
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Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

Quinn deployed the Cry Baby wah sparingly for specific solos, maintaining Saxon's minimalist approach to effects and avoiding pedal-dependent tones. The wah's natural sweep complemented his hand-dynamics playing style without compromising the raw, amp-driven character of their sound.

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