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Oh...and this (started life as white):
Is it a neck you are staining.
Plain maple can be a bit patchy when stained with most wood stains . Oddly, figured maple is easier to stain as you know it will go darker on the end grain and lighter on the long grain. when its plain its harder to predict and stain doesn't take well to that long grain. you may get some medullary flecks that don't accept stain at all.
When Gibson did maple necks they stained them prior to a tinted lacquer. The lacquer evens out any patchiness in the stain. the 81 wine red I have just refinished was a good example of this. The maple neck and top matched the mahogany body quite nicely and most would not even notice it had a maple neck. The maple had a dark red/brown stain under the wine red lacquer.
Anyway, for taking a plain maple neck to a mahogany type colour I would start with a strong mid brown stain and maybe a touch of antique oak on top. Avoid anything labelled as "mahogany" in colour, they tend to have a lot of red in them and don't look like natural mahogany at all. Fiebings leather dye may be a good place to start as its very strong and stands a good chance of going on consistently. They do a few browns, chocolate may be a good place to start
what are you planning on putting on top of the stain?
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