Bowling last week, I was getting what looked to be friction marks on the first flare ring on my ball. Does this mean that there is not a lot of head oil and I am using a ball that has too strong/rough of a cover?

Friction burn marks?  Are you sure they aren't belt marks?

Pics?

They aren't belt marks.  I had it on two of my balls.  The marks were in pretty much the exact same place on both balls.  I used to get it on my gamebreaker every time I threw that ball

I already hit the surface with a pad to remove most of them but I will see if I can still get some pics.

My first thought is the same as JMM.  Probably the location where the ball is hitting the lane.

I finally got around to getting pictures of this happening. All of these balls were just surfaced smooth with different grits. I saw the marks on my Covert Revolt 1000 abralon, Venom Shock 2000 abralon, and Tag 4000 and polished.

Feel the surface of the approaches. I bet they are the rough surface approaches and you are rolling the ball short of the foul line.

The house that I see it the most is not an AMF house.  And I am putting the ball on the lane,  not the approach.  I agree it looks like it is right when the ball his the lane.