My biggest concern about maple bodies is that they tend to be quite heavy. Ebony, bubinga, walnut, and wenge bodies will also be very bright, and also pretty heavy (and expensive). One thing luthiers do to reduce the weight is to make a body of ash or mahogany and then cap it with a piece of maple (in fact, my current build is ash with a maple top and 1/4" wenge stringers). Ash is fairly bright, alder will be less so, and mahogany is fairly dark sounding, but all three options with a maple top will be noticeably lighter than a solid maple body and still pretty bright.
A maple neck is always a good choice since maple is very stable. An ebony board on it is going to be quite bright, a maple board is also going to be nice and snappy. You might also consider bloodwood, wenge, or even pao ferro for a bright sounding board.
I don't want to sell you on wood choices that you might or might not want based on my own personal findings, I just want to let you know that there are many options, and some of the options will weigh less or cost less and still give you a sound that you will enjoy.
Another thing to consider is that, in most cases, the wood offers subtle tone differences compared to the differences you can get with different pickups, different strings, different picks (or plectrums if you prefer), different hardware, and different amps. An ash Telecaster with a maple board strung with stainless steel wound strings played through a Fender Twin Reverb with the treble and presence cranked will be almost painfully bright. A mahogany Les Paul played through the same setup will also be bright, but far easier on the ears.
A standard alder body/maple neck setup will also be brighter with a brass nut, high mass (brass) bridge, and single coils or P-90s than the same guitar with a bone or graphite nut, graphite saddles, and humbucker pickups. There are a bunch of parts to a guitar and they all, to one degree or another, have an affect on the tone.
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