Hope I understand your question correctly: "Does anyone know where the non Japan models are made, and does anyone have first hand experience with them?"
AS200 and JSM100 made in Japan.
I had JSM100 and AS200 and both guitars really excellent. AS2000 I think also excellent.
And there is Ibanez AM2000H-BS made in Japan also.
Both JSM100 and AS200 are flexible sounding guitars, easy to play and staying tune very well etc. but in this price they should be ;D
Now days I don't have anymore more expensive guitars (only two expensive) and rest reasonable affordable price.
Last Ibanez semi hollow body I bought was Ibanez AS93ZW_NT (made in Indonesia) and that quitar is also very nice and great flexible sounding and
it has also Super 58 humbuckers (Made in Indonesia).
Some of Hollow- / -Semi hollow bodies made in china ans some in Indonesia.
https://rockguitaruniverse.com/where-ibanez-made/
Before AS93ZW-NT model I had AG95 (made in China) model, reason for selling AG95 was that AS93 model is so much easier to play from upper register above
12 fret. Both are very nice guitars.
Some Ibanez custom models are made in USA
https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/USA_Custom_series
Even Ibanez hollow- and semi- hollow bodies made in China or Indonesia that don't mean they are less quality.
I have had many Ibanez made in Indonesia and China and all of them good quality (somebody else probably have
not so good experience).
Earlier I have had addict to buy guitars and I had quite many of them, now days little bit less and not so many than earlier ;D
