Again, we can make use of the perfect angles and flatness of the surfaces now as we run our neck through the special jig that is set up to cut the channel for the truss rod.
Then we can start working on the back of the neck, first by removing excess maple on the back of the headstock.
After that we can start roughly shaping the heel of the neck.
And here you have the shaped neck. Next step is shaping the neck profile and headstock.