My first Bible was a KJV, which is about all that was available 65 years ago in 1954. Then I got a Schofield reference Bible in 1962. Then I went to the NASB, and followed by the NASB Ryrie Study Bible after it came out in 1995, and I like it the best. IMO NASB is the gold standard for literal translation. Unfortunately, the publisher Moody, puts their Bibles together with the all time crappiest bindings I have ever seen, so they need a whole lot of glue and duct tape to keep them together. :-(
About 5 years ago, I bought the big honkin' 5 lb. 2700 page study Bible, and bought a couple for my wife and son as well. I got turned off of the ESV from the outset after seeing what they had done with John 3:16 that "God gave his ONLY son", which is not true, and contradicts many Scripture passages that say otherwise. Their commentary notes are also very unimpressive. My wife and son both tried it but also went back to their familiar NASB.