Ty,
I am not sure enough to stick my neck out as I tend to finish most of my pieces with shellac to bring out grain, then pigmented gel stains, then clear gel varnish. Just by the nature of that process, I get some shading in the crevises.
However, Lonnie Bird published a detailed description called " An Antique Finish for Tiger Maple" in Fine Woodworking, November/December 2005 and if I were to do a curly maple piece, I would switch to his system. His steps were 1. Raise the Grain, 2. Apply dye, 3. Add luster with Tung oil, 4. Seal with shellac, 5. Bring out details with glaze. I believe reprints of that issue are available.
Karl