There's currently a Monkees Model up for sale on Ebay--
It's a darn shame that it has one of the worst cases of finish checking / cracking that I've seen in a while. It looks like it was probably stored in an attic and subjected to all rigors of seasonal weather changes.
I know that some finish checking gives it character (for example, Curt's classic Country Club) but this one is pretty extreme.
I never saw a closeup of the Gretsch logo on A Monkees model before. It appears around the logo letters the headstock is brown in color whereas the rest is black.
The Gretsch logo is interesting - is that typically the way the logo was treated on these models (black painted over a rectangular mask)? That guitar is located close to my neighborhood.
Edit: (I was slow on submitting my post - antik beat me to the same question...)
Don't know about that model, but the logo on my `65 Tennessean is the same way.
BTW the tuners are not original.
I also see this is one of those with the white truss rod cover and pickup surrounds. Others have a black truss rod cover and silver pickup surrounds.
Nice closeup of the logo on the truss rod cover. I'm going to try my hand at a Monkees pick guard. 
According to several sources, a lot of Gretsches had a peghead logo like that in the late 60s. Looks like corner-cutting to me...then again, Gretsch wasn't the only company compromising quality during that period.
Not saying they're bad guitars however. And for a guitar of that age, I've seen worse checking also, as well as binding issues.
Wow, I've never really seen one of these up close. Now its kinda got me GASing a bit. Brutal about the finish though, if it wasn't a hollow body it would actually look kinda cool. But since it is, it probably affects the sound drastically.
Some guitar companies are trying to make their new re-issues look as used
as this one 
I really like it. Those tuners are really cool, even if not original.
If it wasn't a Monkees model, the finish checking and general deterioration probably wouldn't bother me much.
But since I remember so vividly when The Monkees appeared – and I was smack in the middle of the target demographic, and liked them (justified, I think, by how the music has stood the test of time) – AND I was acutely aware they were playing Gretsch ... well, it just reminds me how old I am.
I remember The Monkees as young and fresh and shiny, see. Now this particular guitar has fared no better than the boys themselves.
Or than me.
Somehow, a minty or closet-classic level old guitar gives me hope. Like maybe I too have held up better than I might have. A well-preserved newish-looking Monkees model would appeal to me.
But this one? Relics all: time has had its way with us, boys and bright new guitars.
Y'know what I mean.
Ya know, if I had the money I might spring for it, checking and all...
Those are Billy Zoom's tuners!!
I like it. The finish gives it mojo, I think.
My '58 Streamliner is like that - maybe not quite as bad, but similar. The '56 too. Again, not as bad, but similar.
Two Supertrons. I'll bet it sounds great. I could care less about the finish checking. My old Corvette beats it in that department and I love that guitar.
I never missed the Monkees, the Banana Splits and HR Puff 'n Stuff.
"HRrrr Puff 'n Stuff..
Wheredayago when you've had enough...?"
Nobody said: I never missed . . . the Banana Splits . . .
"Flippin' like a pancake, poppin' like a cork / Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork"
I always thought it would have been cool for the Banans Splits to have their own feature length movie, or at least a whole hour long program with a story featuring them, instead of them just introducing different segments and cartoons.
