Gmaj9♯5 8-string bass chord

How to play Gmaj9♯5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Gmaj9♯5?

Gmaj9♯5, G major ninth sharp five, is G, B, D♯, F♯ and A: the root (G), the major third (B), the augmented fifth (D♯), the major seventh (F♯) and the ninth (A). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 7 9.