Are EMG Pickups Good for Clean Tone?

Many guitarists often associate active EMG pickups with distortion and hard rock but are EMG pickups also good for a clean tone? Guitarist Joe Weinberg uses an EMG 85 neck pickup to demonstrate the clean tone of an EMG humbucker in the neck position of his Washburn Parallaxe L20E guitar. Leave your comments below on how you think the EMG 85 sounds as a clean pickup. If you liked this video make sure to hit the subscribe button! #guitars