The humbucker's a different animal. In humbucker mode, it's got a clean crunch. Using a coil tap, it's clean, period, but not overly trebly or bright.
As a general observation, use your amp knobs. I've noticed that a lot of people are constantly changing pickups, but never adjust anything else in the signal chain to really dial in a sound they like. I understand that, as I'm a plug'n'play guy myself (
), but I can get very usable sounds from every RIC pickup I've got in a guitar with a couple of small tweaks.