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What is the greatest guitar solo of all time?

Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page's climactic eight-minute ascending solo from the 1971 classic, widely considered the pinnacle of rock guitar.

Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler's fingerpicked, jazz-tinged closing solo from the 1978 debut single, a masterclass in taste and restraint.

Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits