I have Imbuia veneered Bear limbs from Rose Oak. They are chocolate colored with wavey maple like grain -- very beautiful. Olive Ash on Silvertips is great and bocote is great.  

You might be able to see some very nice pictures by checking out "Idahocurt". Schafer just bought some fantastic Myrtle lams from Curt for my upcoming silvertip. They will be so wild I'm going to have to find my psychedelic Nero shirt from the 1960's to wear when I shoot it!

Quilted sappele, or waterfall bubinga! Shawn

Well, everybody here summed it up...but the thought to ponder is that EVERY piece of wood is different. When you just say "bocote"for example ...that leaves the field wide open. If you say HEAVILY figured bocote lightly stained (or not) to match walnut without hiding the grain...you've hit the nail on the head.
All the woods mentioned are KILLER compliments...IF you specify your needs!  Quilted sappele is a tough one to beat as mentioned by Shawn, but it may need to be stained and is nicer when very figured. If you don't clarify, you can't complain in the end. The bowyer might have a totally different opinion than you on what looks good.  Be specific in your needs!!!!
Can't wait to see pics of the finished bow.

Thanks for the info guys, I was thinking flat grain zebrawood but that stuff scares me, its the only "real" wood I have had check on me and it totally ruined a bow.

Yornoc, I am the bowyer building it   :D  

My customer said he wants walnut dymondwood matched with whatever veneer I think looks good! Easy enough right?    

BOCOTE, YEW, SPALTED MYRTLE or BIRDSEYE MAPLE.

Jason,

How bout Quilted Maple?

Jason builds a fantastic bow...." I will own another"....

I'd definitely go with one of the figured maples.  Dyed or undyed is really up to you.  I'm partial to heavily figured curly maple...Mike

Red Elm

Red Elm      

I'm going to have to have a quilted maple or birdseye maple bow some day!  

I have to say, although it probably wouldn't work with this walnut dym, my favorite of all woods is cocobolo. Today I signed up for a recurve (hycurve) made in N. Idaho that will be Cocobolo. A 2-year wait!

I've been working with quite a few different veneers lately.  You can see pictures on the "Bows in Stock" page of my website.  

Until a couple of days ago I would have told you I'm partial to the Curly & Birdseye Maple. I just got a hold of some "Waterfall" Bubinga and I now have a new favorite.

Matching up veneers for anyone is tough business. It's like buying jewelry for your wife - what looks good to you might not look good to her. All the suggestions have created a great number of options. My vote would be curly black cherry.

I wonder if you ought to look at performance characteristics of these different veneers to narrow down your choices. Afterall, performance is an important factor in getting a new bow.

I was under the impression that the veneers were so thin that they didn't really affect performance noticeably enough?

Maybe I'm confusing veneers with laminations.

I really like grenadillo, don't see them much but they are beautiful and redish colored.

Red Elm stained to match or Quilted Maple....

Randy

Jason,

There have been a wide variety of desireable options submitted.

Now would be a great time to consider starting a poll to narrow down the selection to what may appeal most to the general trad gang membership.

The results could prove valueable in the future.

Jason,
    Here are some pictures of a Hummingbird longbow I use to own. It had a walnut diamond wood riser with bocote veneers on the back and tiger maple on the belly. Very pretty. God bless, Scott.

I think flat grain Red elm would look real nice without being too flashy. Sort of natural camo at the same time. Bet you can't guess my favorite limb wood!!    Bob