Should I use two compressor pedals for my guitar?

If you like how it sounds then go for it, music is all about experimentation of sound and expression. The bassist for tool has 3 huge pedal boards on stage with him, I doubt he ever thought "hmm, I shouldn't even try this combo." If you don't like it then sell the other one or use it as a backup.

Compression Pedals

Yeah, a compressor can't tell the difference between music and noise and will treat it all the same. It will boost the level of everything. It might be okay when playing loud but as the note dies away the background noise will increase. Using overdrive and distortion will result in an awful lot of noise if you compress the overdriven, distorted sounds.

There are no rules set in stone, so go ahead and experiment...however, as others have said, compression is usually placed first in the chain, followed by distortion and over-drive pedals, followed by time delay type devices...such as digital delays, choruses, tremelo, vibratos...etc..placed last in the chain.

Here's my setup, in case you're interested...out of the guitar into...

Vox Wah (1st because it won't fit in my pedal board..lol)

Compressor

Distortion

Tube Screamer

Tremelo

Chorus

Delay...out of delay into amp input.

I have great sounding reverb out of my amp, so I use that, if needed.

Have fun and experiment, but again...compression will usually add noise to your signal chain, especially if placed last.

Hello there,

The compression pedal is going to amplify all the noise made by pedals preceeding it. Therefore, putting it last is not a good idea.

Later,

Compression should be as close as possible to the front of the chain.

Compressing at the end=unnecessary noise