E7♯9♭13 8-string bass chord

How to play E7♯9♭13 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in E7♯9♭13?

E7♯9♭13, E dominant seventh sharp nine flat thirteen, is E, G♯, B, D, F♯♯ and C: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D), the sharp ninth (F♯♯) and the flat thirteenth (C). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯9 ♭13.