well none of us really have any way to know. speculation's kind of pointless, but it's not too hard to imagine a sceario in which jim really treasured that particular drum set and would gladly donate something of greater value in its place. james wasn't finished with Go and bill put it on MII without his knowledge or consent, if i recall correctly. and it's entirely possible, as you say, that jim woudln't mind one bit, and it's equally possible that bill said 'hey jim, there's this benefit..' and jim said 'you can donate my gish set!', and none of us really know. it's more the principle of checking with someone before doing something with something of theirs that i was curious about.
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