Great thread.
I've recently gotten back into playing the electric after a couple years away due to a bout with tinnitus (which I [knock on wood] seem to have gotten under control).
Although I'd say electric and acoustic guitar are definitely different animals, I found that my "electric feel" and technique came back pretty quickly.
It's interesting, for my first ten years as a player, I was almost exclusively an electric player, and as one would expect, that early predisposition has stuck with me. I always feel immediately comfortable with an electric in my hands, regardless of how long I have been away from it.
A couple of observations about getting back to playing an electric after a few years "acoustic only":
- Barre chording has always been a strength of mine (and I'm sure those early years on electric are to thank for that), and now getting back to playing a well set-up electric with 9-42 strings after a few years of just playing acoustic guitars with 12-54 strings, I am a barre chording machine!
- Right hand tremolo is also a strength of mine, and though I get to use that on mandolins, I was rarely able to find a decent application for it on an acoustic guitar. On an electric, however, it fits right in.
Rock on.