I'm restoring an old tenor guitar that has a completely thrashed stained maple fingerboard. I've decided, instead of replacing it with an ebony one, to stay true to the original & use another maple one.
The color at this point in its life is sort of a greenish-browny-black. Thinking that whatever stain they used decomposed, I thought to use a dark tobacco brown, more rosewood-y than ebony.
What kind of stain would you experts recommend? I was thinking of a water-based stain equivalent to the TransTint sold in the US. With whatever stain I use, what would be an appropriate sealer? TruOil??
I searched in this thread for similar content, but didn't find anything. Sorry if this has been discussed.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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