F♯9♭5 6-string bass chord

How to play F♯9♭5 on 6-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 2nd fret, your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your little finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 1st fret. Let the C string ring open. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 2 1 2 1 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in F♯9♭5?

F♯9♭5, F♯ ninth flat five, is F♯, A♯, C, E and G♯: the root (F♯), the major third (A♯), the diminished fifth (C), the minor seventh (E) and the ninth (G♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.