I think he ment to say neck.
You would want your maple fingerboard to be the same vintage yellow as you have on the back of the neck.
I had vintage amber ordered fot the neck on my ST-1, but I ended up just using the neck top coat. I thought the neck colour would clash with the body colour(Dark Amber).
Just a clear coat on the maple necks looks nice and clean. I'm really happy with how mine came out with 3 coats of clear. It's has a real smooth and fast feel to it.
As for a surfer girl coloured fingerboard, that would look a bit different, I'm sure somebody somewhere has tried it.