Connecting hot of unused pickup to ground, will it cause noise or change the tone?

[Pete Stevens]

I've concocted a new wiring scheme for my HSS strat using 2 push/pull switches. In several pickup configurations it will leave the hot of my neck single coil connected to ground through the tone pot and tone cap (when both the neck pickup and the tone pot are not in use).
I'm wondering if such a loop (ground-pickup-pot-cap-ground) could cause any noticeable noise or other negative effects. Any thoughts?

 

[AlexR]

Re: Connecting hot of unused pickup to ground, will it cause noise or change the tone

No more or less than any other guitar in the world that leaves the hot dangling when its not selected.

And in amongst amp hum, poor house wiring, computers, phones and lighting it will take its rightful place as not important at all in the scheme of things.

And given the topic of noise.....do you have true singlecoils for N and M??

 

[Pete Stevens]

Re: Connecting hot of unused pickup to ground, will it cause noise or change the tone

No more or less than any other guitar in the world that leaves the hot dangling when its not selected.

And in amongst amp hum, poor house wiring, computers, phones and lighting it will take its rightful place as not important at all in the scheme of things.

And given the topic of noise.....do you have true singlecoils for N and M??

Thanks, I'll go ahead and wire it in.
And yes, the N and M are true single coils. It used to be a noisy guitar but after covering the cavity and pick guard with copper tape it is pretty quiet.
The bridge is a Dimarzio protrack that I'm wiring for series & parallel that can also blend out to split coil using a dedicated push/pull pot.