A7♯5♭9 8-string bass chord

How to play A7♯5♭9 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your little finger on the G string at the 6th fret, your middle finger on the C string at the 5th fret and your ring finger on the F string at the 5th fret. Let the A string ring open. Don’t play the F♯, B and E strings.

From the F♯ string x x x 0 5 6 5 5 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A7♯5♭9?

A7♯5♭9, A dominant seventh sharp five flat nine, is A, C♯, E♯, G and B♭: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the augmented fifth (E♯), the minor seventh (G) and the flat ninth (B♭). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 ♭9.