I have a question about the neck, and about finishes in general.

I've decided I'd like to keep the neck at least mostly natural looking because I think the maple neck/fretboard will look good with the red body and white pickguard. I'd also like to stain the front face of the headstock similar to the body because I've always liked that look but never owned a guitar that had it.

After spending a while reading, looks like there's two different simple-ish ways to get this result (after masking the headstock sides, plugging the tuner holes, and staining the headstock face).

1: Order some DT colorless (or... maybe one that'll make it just slightly darker? Acacia?). Mask the top and sides of the fretboard and apply. Use DT wax for the fretboard.

2: Order some tru oil and use that instead. On the fretboard too?

Actually, I have no idea what to do with the maple fretboard. Every guitar I own has a rosewood one and while I know how to put lemon oil on them, I hear that's not what you do with a maple one.

More generally, what do I do after finishing the body/headstock with the DT kit? Wax? Nothing? Something else? I don't need it to be glossy, but a little bit of shine would be nice.