I steel wooled a pair of old speakers with the grain and some Formby's oil on them in dark cherry. Finish with some tung oil, Came out fantastic. Good wood is a very forgiving surface.
The walnut veneer was scared pretty good, took a fair amount of steaming which ruined the original finish (not that I was going to save it with the damage).
The problem I'm looking into the opaque stain that was used, I may need to gut this down to the bare wood structure so it can be sprayed. From what I understand it is not a wipe on and rub stain.
