Refinishing/staining sanded area of jazz neck after repair

[ronswanson]

I'm looking for some advice on how to re-finish an area of a jazz neck I have. It came to me with a crack apparently professionally repaired. The crack has got a little worse, so I glued and clamped. After sanding back smooth the wood is a bit grey-pink when dry. When wet it's dark.

 

Can it be stained to get closer to the original colour? 

 

I'll probably ending up replacing the neck but for now I just want to get it back together to test it out.

 

Dry

 

Wet

 

[ronswanson]

I saw a suggestion to use light oak wood stain so might give that a try.

[Stub Mandrel]

I think light oak will be far darker than your 'wet' image. Try a thin coat of varnish first. 

[ronswanson]

Here it is after two thin coats of clear varnish - less pink but still very grey (I think my phone camera is adding red tones)

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Maybe mix in a very small amount of amber stain with a compatible varnish.