I notice it’s a one-piece veneer top. There’s no centre join, so that hopefully means glue spots are likely to be minimal, plus no lighter centre line.

And Pit Bull are doing LP kits again, if you hadn’t realised.

My EX-1 is my only alder kit, but I sprayed that white, so have no staining experience with it. Some woods seem better suited to being painted/sprayed than stained. Probably why Fender used ash for sunbursts and alder for solid finishes for so long.