You made me wonder something about those graphite guitars with your comment about the temp in your home (sound like a really awesome place btw). Humidity effects and heat effects are quite different things. Different materials will expand and contract at different rates from (I didn't spend 3 years in grade 3 fer nuthin!). I wonder what graphite is like in that respect? It might be 100% waterproof and playable under water, but if it changes shape in a cool breeze, that would kind of suck.
...so ever since then, I always hang on to the buckle.