I am building a closet using Maple. I am new to woodworking and this is
my first project using Shellac. The color of the finished wood has come
out excellently (a dark yellow color). However on the last piece I am
making (a laundry bin) in one of the units, the cover (20" x 28") of
edge glued Maple - came out much lighter (pale yellow almost brown) ...
odd and ugly than the rest. I do not want to spend the time stripping
if it is the wood and/or buying and edge gluing etc... the wood if I
can finish it in some way. Has anyone had similar experiences

I have not stained the wood just sealed the Maple with Shellac. I did
however 1st use a wood conditioner on the Maple hardwood as I found
this ensured the color I received on the Maple was the same as the
color on the Maple plywood after applying the Shellac finish. The
shellac is Super Blonde Shellac from "Lee Valley" which was not cheap.
This is the flakes which I diluted with alcohol.