Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore guitar stolen

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth performs at the Apple Store Soho on June 9, 2009, in New York. / Mark Von Holden

Sonic Youth guitarist and singer Thurston Moore says his iconic guitar was stolen after a show in Philadelphia.

Moore reported on the band's Facebook page Thursday that his circa-1966 Fender Jazzmaster guitar was pilfered late Wednesday night from the Best Western hotel where he was staying.

This Sonic Youth guitar went missing on Dec. 12, 2012.

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"It's Thurston's iconic Sonic Youth black Jazzmaster with all the stickers on its body," explained the post, which also included a photo/

Philadelphia police spokeswoman Jillian Russell said Moore was in the hotel's bar with his luggage and guitar when he noticed the guitar was missing. She said it's valued at $20,000.

Such appeals to the public have helped the band track down stolen gear before. A rental truck full of their one-of-a-kind guitars, amps and drums was stolen in southern California in 1999.

Moore is a founding member of Sonic Youth, an influential alternative band that formed in 1981 in New York City.