There's a lot to be said for being able to reassure a customer a product will not fail on them just by telling them it's made by a maker with a universally recognized and respected reputation.
THAT's the image Cordoba must achieve if they want to survive, but I guess that's kind of a pedantic observation at this poiint.
Totally with you on this.
Now, thinking about all this, reading all these really interesting points of view here, at the end of the day the ONE thing I don't like at all is the absence of a MIC mention one the label of this future collection... if they choose to do it like this. Why? Because it is what one does when there is no more production going on in the country of origin. Then of course one doesn't shout all around "our products are now made in China, Taiwan or whatever", and of course it is a good way to do it from a marketing point of view. Look at the Grover brand. On their packagings you have their address in Cleveland, Ohio but no trace of a "Made in ..." Informed people know this means "made somewhere in Asia", but not everybody knows, and even those who know can pretend they don't. It's not written anywhere. But a (recent) Grover Rotomatic is a Grover Rotomatic, there is nothing to be confused about.
But if some part of the production still goes on in the USA, this is confusing. And confusion is not good.
As I said, the first Guild I bought a few years ago was a GAD25. I had few information about Guild at that time (and also wrong information), but still I had some image of the brand. A shadow of the "real" Guild brand, but still some real part of this image had managed its way through me. I knew it was a western brand, I knew and liked the looks, and I had Nick Drake and Tim Buckley in mind. I bought this GAD25 in full knowledge that it was made in China, and I knew it was the reason for the cheaper price compared to other Guild guitars I couldn't afford. Knowing it, I got myself a stunningly good instrument for the price I paid, great sound and extremely well built. But no confusion, is the important thing to me here. I would have hated to discover later it was made in China.