I understand what you are trying to achieve.  You should be able to get close.  The piezo pickups don't respond in quite the same way as a magnetic pickup does, but nevertheless as i say you should be able to get close to what you want.  A lot of the bands who play this type of music detune by a semitone or sometimes two from standard concert pitch and that definitely has a bearing on how the guitar sounds and heavier gauge strings might also help somewhat.  You can change tuning electronically on a Variax, but for what you are looking for, changing the tuning manually as you would on a normal guitar would probably yield better results.  You might also want to try adjusting the sound of the guitar, pickup models and the different string levels in Variax Workbench on a computer for which you will need to use either a Workbench interface and VDI lead or a POD XT Live/X3 Live and a VDI lead.  Along with appropriate EQ and pedal/amp settings you might find an improvement

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