Problem piece - really hard or bad technique?

[lucid77]

I have a bass guitar chart from a local composer which has a repeating lick in 5/4 at 140 bpm all 16th notes play in 10th postion with a chromatic run from E (9th fret G string) to C# on the same string, then returning to 10th position to finish the 2 bar repeating phrase.

I can only physically get it to 105 bpm, tried a pick, different fingerings, different right hand plucking patterns...

Any suggestions?

[stabbicus]

Metronome and slooooooooow.

[MichaelScott]

Are you playing near the bridge? The added tension helps with some fingering.

Maybe hammer the notes instead of pluck each one?

[Beast]

Maybe you could scan the piece so we could take a look at it? Maybe to help you better?