Compressors often are used to record electric guitar. Most guitars have a very wide dynamic range, and a compressor is what gives a guitar that smooth always-in-your-face sound. In order to have no volume divergence between a single note and a full chord, compressor puts all the notes and chords into a very narrow dynamic range . Outboard compressor configured for studio, work pretty well with guitar, but compressors made particularly for guitar, work best in a setup of a musician.
Whether you are recording a direct signal or miking the speaker, your need to capture precisely the existing sound rather than creating and adjusting a new sound. You can put a compressor on the signal that's coming into the mixer if you need to, but ideally, the guitarist will have a properly adjusted compressor in his kit.
In a guitar setup that uses many effects, the compressor ought to be the first effect in the chain. This will give the best final result and will help hold the rest of the effects from strong signals that might overdrive their inputs. With a intelligent amount of compression, the guitar will sustain longer, plus each note will be audible.
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