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I recently started using BLMS and I'm a huge fan, but they seem to be out of everything at the moment: 1590Bs, 1790NSs, 125Bs, etc. Is this a regular thing there?  And how long does it usually take them to get stuff back in stock?  I have a bulk order ready and am antsy 

(P.S. This isn't a complaint - they're a good (and apparently successful) business!  I just want a ballpark ETA for new stock, 'sall.)

So: I am not a breadboarder, nor am I vero plotter - at this point, I'm basically a guy who neurotically checks his solder joints and follows directions well, so my circuit reading skills are non-existent.  (I teach, so I'm waiting for the summer to arrive so I can build them up.)  At the moment, I'm building my brother a Roger Mayer Classic Fuzz, which is (as I'm sure many of you know) just a modified PNP Fuzz Face.  Some of this seems pretty easy; swapping out resistor, cap, and pot values shouldn't be a problem.  However, the Classic Fuzz has an extra .0022uF cap connected to the Volume pot (47k on the Classic Fuzz, 500k on the Fuzz Face) and I don't know what to do with it.  Can anyone tell me where to place it on the attached vero layout?  Or is it something I need to solder onto the pot itself?  Also: AC128s are crazy expensive.  Is there a more available (and cheap) alternative?  And do I need to get matched transistors?

Fuzz Face schematic:


Fuzz Face vero:


Classic Fuzz schematic:

I'm currently in the midst of housing a BYOC Confidence Boost in a PPP pre-drilled enclosure using the Madbean standard wiring diagram, but my enclosure has no hole for an LED and, as a result, I need to skip it.  I would also like to drop the battery clip.  How would I go about evading these two things?  I'm kind of green at this, so diagrams are welcome (though not necessarily required).  Thanks!