Grounding/perfboard question ?

[MartyMart]

I'm putting together a simple boost/drive circuit on perfboard using an op-amp with two LED's on a feedback loop etc, you know the type of thing ( in loads of stomp box's and these wonderful pages! ) and trying to get a neat layout ( in progress ) So my question.......
can i ground the circuit via jacks and pots to create the loop or do i have to interconnect directly on the board ?
As a fairly "new guy" with a healthy interest in electronics and some knowledge/sucess so far, please excuse me if this is an obvious/dumb question, i'm quite sure its a "yes" and it will simplify the build no end.
Thanks in advance,
Marty.

[MartyMart]

BUMP !
OK Gentlemen ( and Lady ) , i'll take that as "totally stupid question" then  ??   :oops:

[petemoore]

can i ground the circuit via jacks and pots to create the loop or do i have to interconnect directly on the board
  all points marked ground need to be connected.
 if you're using a metal box, you can probably use only one ground wire from ckt ground to one jack sleeve.
 alll my grounds in a stompbox go to one point...at the 'bottom' of the board...usually offboard wires from there go to the volume control and to the jack..maybe a gain knob that uses ground reference.
 I strayed' a bit early on, but now try to keep ground wires neat and directly tied to the circuit ground point at the 'bottom' of my board, this supposedly helps prevent measuring voltage potential between ground points which all should be exactly 0 volts.