EMGs versatile?

The internet is full of people with unwavering opinions, especially when it comes to anything guitar related. EMGs have a reputation for being sterile pickups that are only useful for heavy metal music. Now while it's true that if you use them for anything with gain, that they will really sizzle:

They also work great clean, and not just 'metal' clean, a real clean. I've made this quick clean demo on Amplitube using a Bassman and Deluxe models.

I plan on recording another using a very light edge-of-breakup setting as they can also fit that genre nicely. I wouldn't attempt to argue that they are the greatest of pickups and for most applications I would still choose a PAF style pickup over them, but they're not just a one-trick-super-high-gain-pony.