The following description of this bizarre guitar was posted on the Experimental Musical Instruments website. It has unique aspects to its design: the steel body resonates giving a reverby type effect.

The original Gittler guitars, sometimes called the Fishbone models, are minimalist instruments made from stainless steel. Gittler made exactly 60 when living in New York. The patent for this design was filed on December 3rd 1976, although Gittler had been working on prototypes throught the 1970s.