Panoramic Arpeggios

A few years ago I was really into translating classical violin techniques to bass guitar. I was trying to figure out a way to play the cadenza to Yngwie Malmsteen's composition "Far Beyond the Sun". I was initially trying to play it using standard pizzicato technique but got stumped on this final 2 and half octave arpeggio. I simply could not pull it off with the same speed and fluidity until I came up with the idea of tapping it out instead. Essentially, I let my right hand share some of the fret work, thereby eliminating half of the position shifts required when playing on only 4 strings.

D minor arpeggio
(right handed tapped fingerings in bold)

G---------------------------14--19--14--------------------
D---------------------15----------------15-----------------
A---------------17---------------------------17-------------
E--10--13--17-------------------------------------17--13--10
----i----p----i--m----m-----i----r---i--m---m----i----p---i

If you were to play this arpeggio using standard pizzicato, you would find that there so many position shifts for you left hand to do that it's really hard to rip it out at say
Niccolò Paganini , Rick Wakeman or Malmsteen speeds. My technique requires one position shift for each ascending and descending arpeggio. Try not to us pull off's hammer as hard as you can with each finger and with as much staccato as possible. Next, try to vary the dynamics and tempo. Once you've mastered this technique, try to play it in several different keys. The obvious next step is to make it your own. In trying to do this myself I tried to break up the linear nature of these arpeggios by playinging them in different rhythmic groupings.

Example: D minor arpeggio in five note groupings
(...produces a nice rolling sound that is almost sax-like)

G------------------------------------------14-------14-19
D------------------------------15-------15-------15------
A----------------17--------17-------17------17----------
E------10-13-17----13-17--------17---------------------

Note: Make certain your comfortable with the two handed fingering before proceeding to this because there is one shift that is different this time around..you'll see..it should feel natural after mastering the previous technique

Next, try to play the same lick descending instead of ascending and finally play them together in a continues pattern.

Another idea would be to play the major version (raised fifth and seventh) and start it on the 3rd interval of a minor scale for a more 'outside', modal feel.