E9♯5 8-string bass chord

How to play E9♯5 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the E to the D at the 4th fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 5th fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 5th fret and your little finger on the G string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the F♯, C and F strings.

From the F♯ string x 5 4 5 4 5 x x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E9♯5?

E9♯5, E ninth sharp five, is E, G♯, B♯, D and F♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the augmented fifth (B♯), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 9.