Hey g-dude,
I ran into a similar issue with returning a bass to its original form.
In addition to many other issues, the AXY Pickups were good, but the original preamp had been replaced, and the PU wires had the connectors removed and had been soldered to the replacement (Glockenklang) preamp.
After finding used Alembic spoiler electronics (probably from same era?), I did find a crimp tool kit with the specific connectors (amazon) used for connecting to the preamp. It took multiple attempts to correctly crimp these wires within their respective connectors with my stubby fingers.
Not sure if your connectors are the same (dupont 2.54 2 pin connectors) but those seem to be the right type.
Quick google search should be able to determine type. I also believe that the connectors have type printed on connector. Additionally, RTL fasteners is a pretty good source for brass threaded inserts. Check with Alembic for proper sizing. Lots of great info and folks willing to help on this site! Seems that lots of used Alembics have levels of abuse to the threaded inserts and pickup screws. Good luck
So, by way of an update:
- I can confirm that the Someline (strange name) kit on Amazon contains the connectors, a wire stripper, and a crimper. Basically everything you need to get the pins back on the wires.
- That being said,
follow the advice given here and do not cut the wires - in my case, they broke- If you have to re-crimp one, you might have to cut the other one in order to have enough room to crimp.
My current bass status:
- I get sound, the pan control works - basically if you didn't know better, everything would be a-OK.
- I'm still in need of the brass insert. The ones that you can get at most woodworking places are simply too large in terms of outer diameter. What does this mean in terms of the bass? I basically need to set the screws on the neck pickup in such a way that the pickup ends up becoming rather tilted. It's not ideal, but it's better than the pickup falling onto the strings pending a response from the troubleshooting form I submitted to acquire inserts.
- I'm still limited on how low I can get the bridge pickup because of a wire getting in the way. The obvious solution is to simply have the pickup higher pending some brilliant advice on how to get the wires out of the way.
I did go ahead and throw in an order to RTL on the off chance that they have the right size inserts, but obviously if I can get them direct from Alembic, I will do so in the interests of maximizing my odds of this turning out properly.
