how remove guitar picking sound from Amp recording ??

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Hi I am holding a microphone about 18" away from my 4x12 speaker
cabinet and recording my electric guitar. On the recordings I hear
myself picking in the background..any ideas how to avoid having this
sound being picked up ? I cant turn it up louder since its already
picking up the sound fine, anymore might ruin the recording - should I
move the mike to be 6" from the speaker to drown out my picking ?? How
do folks get around this ??

Thanks!

Jack